Key Takeaways The government shutdown in October and November isn't done messing with the economy: key government reports are still delayed and distorted.A key monthly inflation gauge, Personal Consumption Expenditures,

The Trump administration's investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is raising questions about his power to fire independent officials.

It is a crisply cold winter morning in Washington as people filed into the Supreme Court for Trump v. Cook, about President Donald Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. It is warm in the courtroom,

The Supreme Court for the past year has repeatedly allowed President Donald Trump to fire heads of independent agencies, but it appears to be drawing a line with the Federal Reserve.

Keeping up with the bills got harder for many households in November and October, as income failed to keep up with price increases according to a new government report.

The DOJ's criminal probe of Jerome Powell marks a historic challenge to Fed independence. For Bitcoin believers, it validates their thesis about fiat currency.

We're finally about to learn how much consumer prices rose back in November, according to the Federal Reserve's favorite measure of inflation.

As the president prepares to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, he's made no secret of his goal for lower interest rates — but there are a few political roadblocks in the way.

Federal Reserve governors serve fixed 14-year terms and can only be removed by the president for cause. Trump’s attempted removal came amid his push to coerce the financial regulator into lowering interest rates,