Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.

U.S. stock market futures were mixed Friday ahead of a pivotal speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell in which the central bank chief will set out his views on where to take interest rates. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 60 points,

The president’s calls for Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, to resign are diverting attention from economic issues as top central bankers from around the world gather in Jackson, Wyo.

A potential candidate to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, David Zervos, said that it’s inaccurate to describe the US central bank as independent, and characterized the outgoing Fed chief as aligned with the political left.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell may throw some cold water on markets Friday and remind them that a 25-basis-point interest-rate cut next month is not a done deal, said Yardeni Research's Ed Yardeni in an interview with MarketWatch.

Federal Reserve officials, meeting in Washington last month, concluded that the combination of low unemployment and still-elevated inflation meant they should delay cutting interest rates, at least for now.

President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, after years of on-and-off criticism over interest rates.

In July 2025, an image circulated online that appeared to depict a letter of resignation from Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve Board. U.S. President Donald Trump and others have ...

President Donald Trump isn’t really feuding with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, even though the press keeps saying he is. Feuds have two sides. Trump and his allies have launched one attack after another on Powell — calling him “a moron” and “a political hack,” threatening him with criminal prosecution — while he just takes it. Some of the complaints about Powell are ...

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.

PHILIPPINE SHARES may rise slightly when the market reopens on Friday as investors reposition before the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell’s speech at their annual gathering and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy meeting next week ...