Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately urged President Donald Trump over the last week not to fire Federal Reserve ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president that ousting Jerome Powell entailed risks, including possible effects on ...

Jerome Powell has long been a target of President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the Fed chair for not cutting ...

Trump and the Trump administration have increasingly turned their fire on Powell and his leadership of the central bank.

Insiders close to President Trump say he's ready to take steps to fire the Federal Reserve chair over costly renovations.

Trump has criticized Powell for months because the chair has kept the short-term interest rate the Fed controls at 4.3% this ...

Investors, not the Fed, control the interest rates that matter most to businesses and consumers. They might demand higher ...

The central bank is poised to hold interest rates steady this month, but there could be a path to cut as early as September.

The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, ...

President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, ...

Privately, White House officials acknowledge uncertainty about Trump firing Powell solely based on accusations he mismanaged ...

President Trump said he’s not planning to fire Jerome Powell, and still managed to make it sound like a threat.