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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve Board open meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
Economy

Powell cuts rates in the dark in historic move, with no jobs data and Trump heckling from abroad

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October 29, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
Banking

The Fed’s cut was ‘more hawkish than anticipated,’ Moody’s Zandi says — and warns it won’t be enough to stave off a looming jobs recession

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September 19, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell walks next to a few other people as he enters the Jackson Hole conference.
Economy

Powell’s ‘unusual’ Jackson Hole remarks reveal he’s boxed in by Trump’s tariffs and deportations, risking a 1970s-style mistake, economist Slok says

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August 22, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
Economy

Wall Street is banking that Powell will signal a rate cut at Jackson Hole—but the closer it gets, the less likely it looks

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August 18, 2025
President George W. Bush (L) looks on as Ben Bernanke (R) speaks after he was sworn in as the 14th Federal Reserve Chairman at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, 06 February 2006.
Politics

Presidential visits to the Fed in the past have been endorsements of its work and independence—Trump’s visit today? Not so much

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July 24, 2025
Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Economy

Trump is ‘extremely troubled’ by Fed’s approach, according to new letter, but bank official stands firm on independence

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July 11, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve.
Economy

Rate debate among the Fed has analysts questioning who’s ‘auditioning’ for Powell’s job already

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June 26, 2025
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell
Economy

Trump urges Congress to grill ‘very dumb, hardheaded’ Powell in latest attack over Fed’s refusal to cut interest rates

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June 24, 2025
Inside the Fed’s big rate cut decision, where officials were more divided than you’d think
Finance

Inside the Fed’s big rate cut decision, where officials were more divided than you’d think

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October 11, 2024
An emergency Fed rate cut of 75 basis points is needed now, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says
Finance

An emergency Fed rate cut of 75 basis points is needed now, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says

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August 5, 2024
Jerome Powell frowns
Finance

It’s been exactly a year since the Fed’s last rate hike, and these parts of the economy are finally feeling the squeeze

By Jonnelle Marte and Bloomberg
July 27, 2024
Jerome Powell gestures with hand while speaking
Finance

Jerome Powell may not rule out future rate hikes as the Fed gets ready to meet amid stubborn inflation, analysts say

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April 28, 2024
U.S. on ‘golden path’ to beat inflation without a recession, says Fed’s Austan Goolsbee
Finance

U.S. on ‘golden path’ to beat inflation without a recession, says Fed’s Austan Goolsbee

By Steve Matthews and Bloomberg
July 7, 2023
Fed faces bank collapse and debt ceiling fears as it prepares to raise interest rates for the 10th time
Finance

Fed faces bank collapse and debt ceiling fears as it prepares to raise interest rates for the 10th time

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
May 3, 2023
Artistic rendering of Bitcoins
The Coins

Bitcoin’s best quarter in 2 years beats all major indexes in Q1

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April 3, 2023

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