Trump, desperate to have a voice in Fed interest-rate decisions, got an opportunity to put his own stamp on the board earlier than expected when Adriana Kugler announced in August that she would step ...

"The main threat to the Fed independence is not politically motivated turnover shifting the outcome of votes." ...

Stocks looked set to tick up on Friday, as investors weighed up President Donald Trump’s move to tighten his grip on the ...

President Donald Trump has nominated a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors for four months, ...

Market Roundup Canada Avg hourly wages Permanent employee (Jul) 3.5%, 3.2% previous Canada Avg Hourly Wages Permanent Employees (Jul): 3.5%, 3.2% previous Canada Employment Change (Jul): -40.8K, 15.3K ...

Donald Trump has decided that three finalists for the next Federal Reserve chair aren’t enough. Senior administration officials say the search has been ...

What Happened in Markets Today Gold markets were thrown into chaos by tariff confusion. Gold prices briefly soared to new ...

The S&P 500 added 0.8% on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, finishing just short of the closing record it set last week. Gilead Sciences ...

Stephen I. Miran may spend only a few months on the central bank’s board of governors, but in that time he can influence the ...

The change comes after President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Stephen Miran, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a vacant seat on the central bank's board of ...

Miran, an architect of Trump’s tariff policy, would be a temporary fix. He’d serve the remainder of outgoing Fed Gov. Adriana ...

Wall Street is back to betting that the Federal Reserve will ride to the rescue, and that could be risky if the numbers don’t ...