Federal Reserve
Trump’s Treasury Secretary emerges as contender to run the Fed
A growing chorus of advisers inside and outside the Trump administration are pushing for Scott Bessent to replace Jerome Powell as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
- Saleha Mohsin, Nancy Cook and Joshua Green
Latest
- Opinion
- Inflation
US inflation is the calm before Trump’s tariff storm
The US inflation rate was edging towards the Federal Reserve’s target range. Then Donald Trump launched his trade war on the rest of the world.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Interest rates
The Fed is waiting for the fog of Trump’s trade war to lift
The outcome of the rate-setting meeting is predictable because the outlook for the US economy is so unpredictable, thanks to the chaos from Trump’s trade war.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
100 days of destruction: Trump’s first three months are a sea of red ink
Donald Trump’s second time in the White House has produced the worst 100 days for financial markets in half a century.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
The Trump administration is just making it up as it goes
Donald Trump’s backflips on his astronomical China tariffs and firing Fed chair Jerome Powell show that markets can protect the world from his worst instincts – to some extent.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- IMF
Trump’s trade war could blow up the IMF and World Bank
Meetings of two of the world’s key multilateral organisations this week will be overshadowed by the prospect that the US will withdraw from the institutions it helped create.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy
Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing to cut interest rates.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Wall Street
Regulators warned the US bond market was vulnerable. Trump is proving them right
The world’s traditional havens in times of stress have themselves become sources of stress.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
What is stagflation, and why are we talking about it again?
The US President’s tariff war has brought back fears of stagnation and inflation, but why is it sending gold prices through the roof?
- Nick Newling
- Opinion
- Jerome Powell
Jerome Powell says Trump’s tariffs are a threat to inflation and jobs
The US Federal Reserve Board’s usually cautious chairman says Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher inflation and lower US economic growth. That won’t go down well in the White House.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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