Paul Volcker, Fed chairman who waged war on inflation, is dead at 92 VIEW
Volcker helped shape American economic policy for decades, notably by leading the Federal Reserve’s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the 1970s and ’80s.
Fed signals it’s ready to pause on interest rate increases
Speeches by a pair of influential Federal Reserve officials and the minutes released from the Fed's most recent meeting, in December, signal that the Fed...
Markets surge on 2 words from the Fed chairman
The market’s euphoria, which analysts warned might be an overreaction by investors, underscored Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s struggles to strike the right pitch in an...
Stocks swooning, Trump takes it out on the Fed
President Donald Trump, who has hitched his political fortunes to the market's rise, is blaming increases in interest rates for its fall. Some experts warn...
Fed nominee Jerome Powell sees no need for stronger bank rules but doesn’t favor big rollback
After a placid hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Jerome Powell’s confirmation to lead the Federal Reserve seems increasingly like a formality.
Janet Yellen will leave Federal Reserve next year
Janet Yellen’s departure, which had been expected, would leave the Fed with just three people on its seven-member board. That would be the fewest in...
Arthur Laffer says this isn’t his famous napkin
The napkin celebrated for starting a tax revolt is not the original napkin, according to the people who were at the fabled meeting at what...
U.S. begins NAFTA talks with harsh words
The talks that began Wednesday are the first of several scheduled rounds between now and the end of the year, when the three nations hope...