Wall Street week ahead: Focus on labor market, manufacturing PMI, auto sales, tech earnings
Wall Street in the holiday-shortened week ahead will see several economic data including non-farm payrolls report for August.…
What would the Fed do in a tie vote? It’s not clear, and the BoE had to break a deadlock this month
There has never been a tie vote on the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee, but the Federal Reserve…
Lisa Cook standing up for the Federal Reserve is a ploy to turn a blind eye from her mortgage scandal
Fed Governor Lisa Cook is standing up to Donald Trump, suing to keep her job because she says…
Fed’s Lisa Cook sues Trump after attempted ouster, lawyer suggests ‘clerical error’ behind mortgage flap
Lisa Cook, a governor on the Federal Reserve Board, sued President Trump, the Board of Governors of the…
What happens if the Fed slashes rates to 1% like Trump wants?
The attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence that President Donald Trump ramped up this week are driven by…
The Firing of Lisa Cook Puts the Fed in Uncharted Waters Ahead of Key Rate Decision
Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations…
INSIGHT: How Trump’s attempted firing of Fed governor challenges central bank independence
By Francesco Canepa U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve policymakers are emerging as the biggest threat…
ECB’s Lagarde: US Economy at Risk if Fed Independence Undermined – News and Statistics
Aug 24, 2025 Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, has cautioned that the U.S. economy risks…
Trump’s Fed-board firing comes with a rising rate of risk
We’re not seeing much upside in President Donald Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve…
The Fed won’t be bullied by a president wielding unchecked power
Since 1935, the Banking Act has protected the independence of the Federal Reserve, the US central banking system,…
Why is Donald Trump trying to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook and who is she?
US President Donald Trump says he wants to remove Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, claiming he has constitutional…
Jackson Hole lays bare central bankers’ concerns over Fed independence
Top central bankers from around the world, who convened in the U.S. mountain resort over the weekend, are…