The Federal Reserve stepped in last month to safeguard America’s labor market, cutting rates by a quarter point to shore up a slowdown in hiring. But it has another equally important problem still to ...
Meanwhile, gold prices have increased by 45 percent since the start of the year, partly due to foreign central banks shifting their international reserve holdings away from the dollar toward gold.
Gold prices hit $4,000 an ounce for the first time Tuesday as investors piled into the precious metal at a time of stubborn ...
It wasn’t the first time he said that. Since July 1, Trump has referred to the U.S. having "no inflation" 11 times at eight events — a radio interview, a bill signing, bilateral meetings with a ...
Political economist Cristina Bodea talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how central bank independence became the ...
The energy transition is hitting consumers before the benefits are anywhere in sight. The question we should ask is, will we be able to keep the lights on?
A federal government shutdown, state budget impasse, inflation, and unprecedented food insecurity levels in our region have ...
President Trump’s undermining of the Federal Reserve’s independence could trigger a financial crisis. It would never be a good time for the Federal Reserve to lose its monetary policy independence.