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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives for the Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference at the Federal Reserve on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Banking

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says U.S. economy is ‘amazing’—but admits ‘we just don’t know’ as inflation, jobs, and oil shocks cloud the outlook

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March 19, 2026
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Economy

‘A month ago, no one would have believed this’: June Fed rate hike odds just surpassed rate cut odds as stagflation fears grow

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March 19, 2026
OAKLAND, CA - APRIL 17: A job seeker looks at job listings posted at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center April 17, 2009 in Oakland, California. The California state unemployment rate surged to 11.2 percent in March, the highest level since 1941 when unemployment was 11.7 percent. An estimated 2.1 million Californians are out of work. . (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Economy

The abysmal February jobs report shatters hopes of a labor market recovery for 2026 and leaves the Fed ‘between a rock and a hard place’

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March 6, 2026
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in April 2025.
Economy

A headache is already emerging for Kevin Warsh at the Fed: Some members aren’t just resisting a rate cut, they’re open to a hike

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February 19, 2026
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Economy

Jerome Powell is facing a ‘puzzlement’ of economic data, with contradictions likely to freeze any immediate action on the base rate

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February 17, 2026
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Economy

Don’t hold your breath for a Fed rate cut anytime soon. In fact, some say a hike could be in the cards

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January 27, 2026
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
Economy

Wall Street is on tenterhooks over the Fed’s ‘rare, genuinely suspenseful’ December meeting: The committee is unsure of the data and one another

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November 25, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve Board open meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
Economy

Powell cuts rates in the dark in historic move, with no jobs data and Trump heckling from abroad

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October 29, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
Banking

The Fed’s cut was ‘more hawkish than anticipated,’ Moody’s Zandi says — and warns it won’t be enough to stave off a looming jobs recession

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September 19, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell walks next to a few other people as he enters the Jackson Hole conference.
Economy

Powell’s ‘unusual’ Jackson Hole remarks reveal he’s boxed in by Trump’s tariffs and deportations, risking a 1970s-style mistake, economist Slok says

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August 22, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
Economy

Wall Street is banking that Powell will signal a rate cut at Jackson Hole—but the closer it gets, the less likely it looks

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August 18, 2025
President George W. Bush (L) looks on as Ben Bernanke (R) speaks after he was sworn in as the 14th Federal Reserve Chairman at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, 06 February 2006.
Politics

Presidential visits to the Fed in the past have been endorsements of its work and independence—Trump’s visit today? Not so much

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July 24, 2025
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Economy

Trump is ‘extremely troubled’ by Fed’s approach, according to new letter, but bank official stands firm on independence

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July 11, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve.
Economy

Rate debate among the Fed has analysts questioning who’s ‘auditioning’ for Powell’s job already

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June 26, 2025
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Economy

Trump urges Congress to grill ‘very dumb, hardheaded’ Powell in latest attack over Fed’s refusal to cut interest rates

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June 24, 2025

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