Financial experts worry the tariffs will slow the economy and increase inflation, leaving the Fed in a difficult position.

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned in a speech that protectionism erodes ...

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Jerome H. Powell warned that President Trump’s tariffs could lead to a “challenging scenario” for the central bank.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the Economic Club of Chicago, as a tit-for-tat trade war escalates between the U.S. and China.

The consumer-price index tells us nothing about changes in affordability. We need another measure.

The minutes from the February meeting suggest the Fed could keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged if inflation remained ...

Inflation slowed to 2.4% in the 12 months through March, as measured by the consumer-price index. That undershot the 2.6% ...

Inflation should start to pick up in two to three months’ time and possibly remain elevated through at least the end of this ...

The consumer price index fell in March, but President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda and the specter of a global trade war ...

Powell said the tariffs and their impacts on the economy and inflation, are “significantly larger than expected.” ...

The tariffs could push up prices, stoking inflation, while at the same time slowing economic growth and raising the chances of the economy nose diving. Economists said the outcome would be worse ...