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

P resident Donald Trump responded to the acceleration of consumer price inflation with a renewal of his demand for the ...

Economic experts say the Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut rates despite President Donald Trump's demands due to uncertainty ...

July 14, 2025"We have a bad Fed chairman, really bad. If he would lower the rates, if he would lower the rates, and I tried ...

A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as ...

President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve policy under Jerome Powell, calling the chair a "knucklehead" ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve should set its benchmark interest rate at 1% to lower government ...

Inflation is up, stocks are down, and more tariffs are on their way. Trump wants interest rates to come down but the ...

The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered ...

“It’s by now widely agreed, almost all over the world: If you leave monetary policy in political hands, you’ll get too much inflation,” Alan Blinder, a professor of economics at Princeton University ...

If you’ve been putting off a big purchase because you’re waiting for interest rates to drop back down to pandemic-era lows, you might want to reset your expectations. A new study finds that the ...

President Trump is urging the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates following the release of Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for June, which shows a 0.3% increase. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent ...