Fed officials are grappling with a host of economic challenges, from stubborn inflation to a slowing job market.

Here are four noteworthy updates from the Federal Reserve, the Social Security Administration, State Department and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Federal Reserve announced it would keep ...

Jerome H. Powell, the chair, said he would stay at the Fed until a successor is in place and a federal investigation is concluded.

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady this week. The central bank says it's too soon to know how the wartime spike in energy prices will affect overall inflation.

Some economists think the Fed, facing inflationary pressures from rising energy prices, may not cut interest rates at all this year.