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Nominal GDP targeting would allow the central bank to balance price stability and maximum employment more effectively.

Federal Reserve officials want to see how exactly new trade policies impact the U.S. economy before adjusting interest rates.

Markets have been trained to expect lower rates at the first sign of volatility. Powell mustn’t give in to temptation.

In the past, the one constituency President Trump has sometimes listened to has been our stock market. Well, it has spoken, ...

Traders and economists see increased chances of cuts ahead but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said central bankers will ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economic impact of new tariffs is likely to be significantly larger than expected, and the central bank must make sure that doesn’t lead to a growing ...

Powell said the economy is in a “good place,” but the central bank will need to wait and see how tariffs play out, dimming ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday appeared to back away from a 'base case' view that inflation from new tariffs could be transitory, saying that 'it is also possible that the effects ...

The Federal Reserve chair said it continues to "wait for clarity" on Trump's tariff policies as their impact continues to reverberate.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday appeared to back away from a "base case" view that inflation from President ...

Jerome Powell is finally facing the problem head-on. After months of dodging the obvious, the Federal Reserve chair is being ...