The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, ...

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey who as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan worked on cases ...

The National Urban League's annual State of Black America report accuses the federal government of being “increasingly ...

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Two of President Donald Trump's contenders to succeed Chair Jerome Powell are increasing their alignment with the president in hopes to secure the nomination.

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

President Trump has become more hostile to the Federal Reserve’s chair. Markets aren’t worried yet, but some on Wall Street ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from GOP senators who fear ...

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

The Federal Reserve was designed to resist short-run political pressure, but it may be defenseless against patient efforts to undermine its independence.

The yearslong project to spruce up central bank buildings in Washington, D.C., received little attention until recently ...

President Trump asked a group of Republican lawmakers how they felt about him firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and ...