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Powell warns ending Fed interest on reserves would be 'volatile' and costly
Powell said when it comes to taking the interest on reserve power away, "there's an illusion that it would save money. That ...
Trump slams Fed Chair Powell for not cutting rates: 'Average mentally person'
President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Chairman Jerome Powell for keeping interest rates too high, calling the ...
Fed's Powell cautions against ending Fed power to pay interest on reserves
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the central bank's power to pay interest on cash that banks park ...
Fed Chair Powell sends surprise message on interest rate cuts to Congress
This disappointed many Americans, including President Donald Trump, who has been slamming Powell with a vast variety of vile ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds firm on interest rates, resisting pressure to cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who is testifying before Congress this week, said tariffs are "likely to push up prices.
Powell says Fed can wait to reduce interest rates as Trump demands cuts
Trump is urging the Fed to cut rates to save the U.S. government money on its interest payments affixed to the vast national ...
Fed chairman Jerome Powell testifies amid ongoing Trump attacks over interest rates
President Donald Trump wants interest rate cuts. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that cannot happen yet. Those two ...
Jerome Powell says Fed in no rush to cut rates — as Trump calls him ‘dumb, hardheaded’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will tell lawmakers Tuesday that the central bank is in no rush to lower interest rates, ...
What will coax Fed chief Powell to cut interest rates? Here are a few clues.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear this week that he’s not ready to give in to demands by President Donald Trump to immediately cut U.S. interest rates. So what would convince him?