Jerome Powell
- Updated
- World markets
Fed defies Trump and holds rates; ASX set to slide as Wall Street slips; $A slumps
Most US stocks slipped after doubts rose on Wall Street about whether the Federal Reserve will deliver economy-juicing cuts to interest rates by September.
- Stan Choe
Latest
- Sketch
- US politics
Federal Reserve chief schools Trump in excruciating live fact-check
Befitting an episode of The Odd Couple – only featuring Donald Trump and the man he appointed to lead his central bank – Jerome Powell scored a point or two against the president who has dubbed him a “numbskull”.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trump's America
The world is more scared of Trump than America is
The Trump circus is in full swing, but Wall Street is surprisingly brushing it off.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Updated
- World markets
Aussie shares soar as jobless rise lifts rates cut hope
Banks and miners helped push the Australian sharemarket to a record high on Thursday despite a shaky session on Wall Street.
- Staff reporter
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Out for blood: Trump’s reckless witch-hunt could trigger financial chaos
The president is getting increasingly desperate as he looks to push out the head of the Federal Reserve. If he is successful, the consequences will be severe.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Disgraceful’: The $3.8 billion renovation Trump wants to use to oust an old enemy
The US president has long been determined to oust politically independent Fed chair Jerome Powell – and now he’s found a way.
- Christopher Rugaber and Josh Boak
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s misguided wars are starting to hurt the American people
Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary were quick to declare victory in a key economic battle. They are wrong.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Australians just learnt a lesson about the pitfalls of following the herd
Michele Bullock shows a Jerome Powell-esque ability to ignore the noise and face the consequences of disappointment.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
- Federal Reserve
Trump shows his impotence by attacking the Fed chair
The US president, stepping up his assault on Jerome Powell, threatens to replace him with someone who will do what they’re told. But his powers to control the US central bank are limited.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
‘Afraid of his own shadow’: The split that could finally take down Trump’s old enemy
US Fed chair Jerome Powell has been fighting to hold on to his job since Donald Trump returned to the White House. It just got a lot harder.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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