Kevin Hassett, Trump’s longest-serving economic adviser, is a leading contender to become the next Federal Reserve chairman, a position with significant influence over interest rates and the U.S. econ ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is asking an inspector general to review the cost of the central bank’s building ...

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for ...

In an interview with ABC News, Kevin Hassett was also pressed about the president's decision to hit imports from Brazil with ...

Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami has been tracking the battle over rates between Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell since the ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the White House is looking into whether it has the authority to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The Fed’s prudent “wait-and-see” approach has the White House enraged. Trump has been very vocal that the politically independent central bank needs to slash the funds rate immediately by over 3%.

President Trump and his allies have accused the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, of misleading Congress in what some ...

A senior Trump administration official said Friday that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is “considering resigning” as pressure grows ...

His threats to terminate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell if Powell doesn't cut interest rates are motivated by one simple desire: to make it cheaper for the administration to add about $4 ...

The central bank remains cautious, even as calls for rate cuts grow louder from the White House and other policymakers.