After Jerome Powell became Fed chairman in 2017, this publication made the not-so-bold prediction that he would bail out financial markets when necessary, although he doesn’t have a doctoral degree, ...

Governments felt helpless and put too much faith in central banks, which relished the spotlight. Central bank heads ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Reserve is wary of giving "fintech" firms such as OnDeck Capital Inc. or Kabbage Inc. ...

Commentary For the most part in 2017 and 2018, only academics and easy-money cranks scolded the Federal Reserve ...

For decades, the Federal Reserve has run not on a gold standard but on a Ph.D. standard. Academics ...

NEW YORK—An index of world stocks rose on Jan. 7, extending strong gains logged last week as investors ...

U.S. oil and gas executives' outlook turned negative for the first time since the low point of the ...

These appear to be turbulent times for the U.S. economy and stock market. On the upside, the gross ...

NEW YORK—It was another miserable day on Wall Street as a series of big December plunges continued, putting ...

WASHINGTON—Despite President Donald Trump’s warnings, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by 25 basis points after its ...

WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 called again on the Federal Reserve to refrain from hiking interest ...

NEW YORK—Wall Street's major indexes all slid more than 2 percent on Dec. 17, with the benchmark S&P ...

President Donald Trump fired the latest salvo on Dec. 17 in his campaign to pressure Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ...

President Donald Trump isn't a fan of current Federal Reserve policy, specifically about raising rates too fast or ...

Commentary "It's a false economy that we're living in. We're in a bubble." The man who said that, ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve raised benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points after its two-day policy meeting concluded Sept. ...

If we analyze the consensus expectations of analysts and investment banks at the end of 2017, the conclusion ...

President Donald Trump caused a bit of a stir last week when he suggested that rising interest rates ...

American hard money advocate, economist, and publisher Franz Pick once called government bonds “Guaranteed Certificates of Confiscation.” In ...

The U.S. economy may have a blockbuster start to the year, thanks to tax reform. According to some ...

In rough numbers and at the end of 2017, leading central banks now own a fifth of their ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve left its key policy rate range unchanged at 1.25 percent to 1.50 percent, as ...

While U.S. stock markets soar to record highs after the passing of the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and ...

Politicians created the U.S. Federal Reserve system in response to the 1907 Knickerbocker crisis, when stocks fell 50 ...

The term “Greenspan put” was coined after the stock market crash of 1987 and the later bailout of ...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) targets 2 percent inflation and full employment. While this sounds benign, it is part ...

Janet Yellen will be replaced by Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve (Fed) when her first ...