Economists have long preferred independent central banks because they can more easily take unpopular steps to fight inflation.

Gold prices were steady on Thursday as investors awaited U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday for signals on the central bank's policy direction.

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The Justice Department plans to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with a top official informing Federal Reserve ...

The latest economic report comes as Federal Reserve officials gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for their annual summer retreat. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a press conference Friday morning ...

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn’t leave her post after Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his officials that ...

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.

Will Jerome Powell hint at interest rate cuts at the Jackson Hole summit? Either way, it could have a big impact on Bitcoin.

The annual economics symposium, which begins Thursday, brings together top monetary policy officials from around the world and always makes headlines in the financial press. There are at least three ...

Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's high-profile speech Friday ...

Wall Street will be listening closely to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech Friday at the Jackson Hole economic policy summit, where he could signal whether the central bank is ready to cut ...