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Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been reluctant to speculate about how Donald Trump’s policies might affect the central bank’s decisions.

The Trump shadow hangs over interest rates

The US Federal Reserve Board has left rates on hold as it waits to see Trump’s trade, immigration, tax and deregulation policies and their effects on the US economy.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Jerome Powell will speak at 6.30am AEDT.

Fed keeps rates on hold, in no ‘hurry’ to cut rates

The Federal Reserve stayed on hold amid uncertainty over the impact of President Trump’s policies.

  • Howard Schneider and Michael S. Derby
Trump has wasted no time setting his sights on Jerome Powell.

Trump is set to put the blowtorch to an old enemy

Donald Trump is demanding lower interest rates as soon as possible. He is likely to be disappointed – and an old foe will feel the brunt of his displeasure.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Wall Street tumbled after the Fed shifted its thinking for 2025.

The Trump shadow hanging over Wall Street’s meltdown

A big change in the Federal Reserve’s thinking triggered a bloodbath on Wall Street that has spread around the world.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Fed chair Jerome Powell will speak at 6.30am AEDT.

Fed cuts rates but Wall Street rattled by change to 2025 outlook

Wall Street sank as the US Federal Reserve says it expects to see fewer rate cuts next year than previously projected.

  • Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
Jerome Powell

Trump set to put an old foe in an uncomfortable position

Donald Trump’s controversial policies set him up for an inevitable clash with old sparring partner Jerome Powell.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The Trump euphoria has started to fade on Wall Street.

How Wall Street and the Fed could derail Trump’s MAGA plans

Sharemarket investors were initially excited about the president-elect’s return to the White House but Jerome Powell quickly became the party pooper.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said that “in the near term, the election will have no effects” on interest-rate policy.

Trump’s Machiavellian plot to undermine the man he would love to get rid of

Jerome Powell says he will not resign as chairman of the US Federal Reserve should the president-elect ask him to. Trump’s advisers are working on a Plan B.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Fed Reserve chair Jerome Powell will speak at 6.30am AEDT.

‘Not permitted under the law’: Powell shuts down Trump questions as Fed cuts rates

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point while chair Jerome Powell addressed concerns about his future when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

  • Christopher Rugaber
Fed chairman Jerome Powell. Markets are hopeful the central bank can engineer a perfect landing for the US economy.

Miners push ASX to record close after Fed unleashes jumbo rate cut

The Australian sharemarket broke successive records on Thursday after the Federal Reserve issued a whopper 0.5 percentage point interest rate cut.

  • Brittany Busch

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