As global financial systems react to economic shifts, a new book from the director of the Rhodes Center for International ...

Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he isn’t changing interest rates as the nation faces a potential economic slowdown.

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

An ex-GOP congressman accused President Donald Trump of lying about inflation in a recent Truth Social post. Joe Walsh, who supported Trump’s 2016 presidential bid, pushed back on Trump’s rosy ...

Democrats handed Republicans a decisive loss in Wisconsin's state Supreme Court election on Tuesday, despite Elon Musk putting literal millions of dollars into backing the GOP candidate. And according ...

DOGE leader Elon Musk said the group's cost-cutting efforts can reduce federal spending and, in turn, slow inflationary price ...

He covers a wide range of political and policy issues with a special ... the simultaneous presence of stagnant growth, rising inflation, and elevated unemployment. Here is a brief guide to what ...

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By Colby Smith Tariffs of the magnitude that President Trump has enacted are poised to raise inflation in the United ... at the Fed is reviving that view. In a speech on Monday, Christopher ...

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