Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen reinforced her dovish stance Friday in a speech giving her even more wiggle room on the subject of when the country's monetary policy might be adjusted upward. For market watchers and analysts, the key takeaway was ...

The names on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's radar to lead the world’s most powerful central bank are coming into view. Bessent, who has been interviewing candidates since Labor Day, is down to five candidates, senior Treasury officials confirmed to ...

Advisers and allies of President Donald Trump see Kevin Hassett, the White House National Economic Council director, as the frontrunner to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, according to a media report on Tuesday.

Federal Reserve policymakers are split over whether they should continue cutting interest rates, ending the long stretch of consensus that has defined Chair Jerome Powell’s leadership of the central bank.