The Conference Board said consumer confidence deteriorated in February at its fastest pace in three-and-a-half years, with ...

Investing.com -- In a recent Q&A with Yale FPS, Fed Vice Chair Michael Barr discussed the areas of risk that the Federal Reserve (Fed) is closely monitoring. These include the private credit sector, ...

Investors are growing confident of rate reductions amid an outlook for weaker US economy and Trump policy uncertainty.

Treasuries rallied as traders boosted bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, with US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans weighing on risk appetite. Yields on 10-year US bonds fell as much as ...

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The executive order is particularly challenging for the central bank because its insulation from short-term politics helps give it credibility in financial markets.

Michael Barr defended the Federal Reserve’s independence and oversight role Thursday, two days after the White House issued an executive order that could exert greater control over the central bank’s ...

Michael Barr, vice chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, warned Thursday that outlier banks are not prepared to ...

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The Fed took a hit to its independence with a new Trump executive order that seeks to rein in the autonomy of independent agencies that do not operate under day-to-day control of the White House.

A new executive order gives President Donald Trump’s appointees more power over independent agencies, including how the Fed ...