The head of a new congressional panel gearing up to strengthen Capitol Hill's oversight of the Federal Reserve plans a broad ...

Actions of the central bank can be mistaken. But long history shows that no matter the party, presidents often push for ...

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations have gathered in South Africa ...

The idea that America’s central bank should operate without political interference is a norm without ironclad protections, ...

Their policies work only if the public believes in them. That trust was recently tarnished by the inflation crisis, when people in many countries felt as if they went to bed with a tooth under their ...

The US Federal Reserve has begun a process with vast implications for the global economy: rethinking the framework by which ...

The executive order is particularly challenging for the central bank because its insulation from short-term politics helps give it credibility in financial markets.

Richmond Fed president Tom Barkin said Tuesday that he wants to keep interest rates 'modestly restrictive' until he gains more confidence inflation is returning to the central bank’s 2% goal, warning ...

Non-commercial players have been piling on the bets for the US Dollar in the week ending February 11. The latest CFTC Positioning Report shows that net long positions have risen for the third ...

Analysis: Any good news for consumers pales agains the potential hurt to our metal-makers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter ...

Last week, the chair of America's central bank, Jerome Powell, said he would have liked to see the US government's books be in better shape before the pandemic. However, he said spending now was ...

As the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the federal bureaucracy and tests the limits of executive power, however, ...