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Fed paper says risk of falling back to near zero rates still in play
The prospect of the Federal Reserve once again setting its short-term interest rate target at near zero levels at some point ...
What History Says Happens When the Fed Bends to a President’s Will
President Richard Nixon famously leaned on Fed Chair Arthur Burns to keep interest rates low going into the 1972 presidential ...
Inflation Is The Risk From Fed Policy
Fed policy actions contradict its stated rule to focus on the mandate most out of balance, undermining credibility and ...
Say It Repeatedly, The Fed Isn’t Nor Can It Be ‘Independent’
The Fed is an outsourced creation of Congress whose officials are appointed by presidents and confirmed by Congress. Of ...
Bitcoin Rises Toward Record High. Why Trump, Fed Rates, ETFs May Be Driving Cryptos.
It wasn't clear what was driving digital assets higher, but one factor could be investors pivoting away from stocks due to ...
Steady job market keeps Fed on hold amid tariff uncertainty
Unexpectedly solid job gains in June bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold to keep ...
Trump calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell to immediately resign: ‘Too late’
In the latest escalation in the feud between President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the president called for ...