Jerome Powell defends $2.5B Federal Reserve renovation
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is under fire from the White House, which accuses him of bungling a renovation of the Fed's HQ and has suggested it could be cause to fire him.
It hasn't been an easy start to 2025 for Jerome Powell. Unfortunately for the Fed chair, the second half of the year is likely to be even tougher.
The Federal Reserve's] hesitancy to cut rates, I think, is actually … quite a mark against them,” former Fed governor Kevin Warsh said.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made one thing certain during his closely watched speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Friday: Inflation is still too high. “It is the Fed’s job to bring ...
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Economists expect the Consumer Price Index, to be released at 8:30 a.m., to show that the annual rate of so-called core inflation edged up to 3 percent in June as businesses started to pass some of the $100 billion collected in import taxes along to consumers.
The president is heaping criticism on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell as markets await the latest inflation numbers.
Analysts at Deutsche Bank consider the president's removal of Fed chief Jerome Powell "one of the largest under-priced event risks over the coming months."