Fed Beige Book reports modest growth during the summer, despite trade uncertainty
Almost all of the Fed’s 12 districts reported modest growth over the past few months, the Fed said in its region-by-region roundup of anecdotal information known as the Beige Book.
Bill Dudley clarifies call for Fed to play politics: 'Central bank should never be motivated by political considerations'
Dudley’s original op-ed generated outrage with experts arguing it could cause “immediate and serious damage to one of America’s key political institutions.”
Economist: This Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backed theory can become a 'major problem'
Modern Monetary Theory can slow economic growth, said Anthony Chan.
US manufacturing sector contracts for first time in 3 years
U.S. and global manufacturing is slowing down.
Trump says US has a Fed, not tariff, 'problem'
Trump also said the U.S. doesn’t have a tariff problem, adding that the taxes are helping reign in “bad and/or unfair players.”
GOP senator calls for probe into Fed's independence
His call for the probe came one day after former New York Fed President Bill Dudley penned an op-ed in Bloomberg News.
Trump's Fed attacks happening for simple reason
It's all about the economy on the 2020 campaign trail.
Fed's Daly says she's watching what develops concerning rates
Among the issues that Daly is watching are consumer confidence and consumer spending as well as inflation.
Fed must cut rates soon whether it helps Trump or not: Varney
Former New York Federal Reserve President Bill Dudley weighed in on the Fed, President Trump and his trade policies.
Trump bashes Fed, says central bank can't keep up with other nations
Trump also praised Germany’s negative bond yields.
Trump blasts Fed for not helping manufacturers
Trump has heavily criticized the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell multiple times this month.
Manufacturing activity remains stale
U.S. manufacturing remains under pressure.
Gold is soaring because it's a 'very good hedge against currency manipulation'
Gold has surged more than 8 percent this month as the trade war between the U.S. and China has escalated.
Stockman: Fed's 'Powell is the enemy of prosperity'
Stockman said he thinks America doesn't have "honest capitalism" anymore.
Despite global recession fears, US businesses still strong, study finds
The nationwide index sits at a health 61.2, down slightly from 61.5 in the first quarter of the year, the report found.
Trump rips Fed: 'Who is our bigger enemy,' Powell or China's Xi?
His tweet came shortly after Powell gave a speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Wyoming.
Powell promises Fed will 'act as appropriate' to sustain economic expansion
The central banking conference comes in the wake of a flutter of worrisome economic activity worldwide.
Fed officials push back against second rate cut ahead of Jackson Hole
Traders are currently pricing in about a 93 percent chance of a 25 basis point cut next month.
Movers & Shakers: Aug. 23, 2019
The stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
Trump applauds Germany's negative yields, slams Fed again
On Wednesday, for the first time ever, the German government sold 30-year bonds at a negative interest rate.