Tag: Federal Reserve
Below zero: Fed governor wouldn’t be surprised at negative job growth number | Fortune
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Monday that solid job gains in January could mean the central bank can skip a rate cut at its next...
One of Wall Street’s most feared hedge fund managers on the decline of the dollar: gold is ‘becoming the reserve asset’ | Fortune
Gold blasted past $5,300 per ounce last month as President Donald Trump’s hawkish foreign policy and tariff threats sent investors to safer assets. At...
Turns out your college degree really matters—for keeping you on the wealthy side of America’s K-shaped economy | Fortune
America’s economy is increasingly one of haves and have-nots. The already wealthy are generally feeling the good times while lower-income households are hit by...
Meet Trump’s next Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: He wants a back-seat central bank, a more bullish monetary policy, and for his dog to live a really long time |...
President Donald Trump named his nominee for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning, and it’s the odds-on favorite Kevin Warsh.Warsh was among the frontrunners...
Stock futures slide while gold and silver jump after Powell investigation raises fears over the Fed’s independence | Fortune
U.S. equity futures fell sharply Sunday night after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed that he is under investigation related to testimony he gave...
Strip out health care and social services, and the U.S. lost jobs in 2025—something that usually happens in recessions | Fortune
Without hiring from the health care and social assistance industries, the U.S. economy lost jobs in 2025—an uncomfortable reality hidden beneath modest payroll gains...
Trump says he still might fire Powell as Fed chair pick looms | Fortune
President Donald Trump teased that he has a preferred candidate to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but is in no hurry...
Kevin Hassett says he’d be happy to talk to Trump everyday as Fed chair, but the president’s opinion would have ‘no weight’ on the FOMC | Fortune
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, one of the top contenders to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, downplayed any role that President...
Trump names Warsh, Hassett as top Fed contenders, WSJ says | Fortune
President Donald Trump said that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are his top choices to lead the US Federal Reserve and that he expects...
Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves on the most divided Fed in recent memory | Fortune
With the Federal Reserve split between increasingly hawkish and increasingly dovish policymakers, Chairman Jerome Powell is due to perform some serious log-rolling when the...
