The jobs report showed a surprise pickup in payroll gains while the unemployment rate fell. S&P 500 futures fell.

The effects of potential changes in trade and immigration policy suggested” restoring 2% inflation “could take longer than ...

Federal Reserve officials in December signaled concerns over president-elect Donald Trump’s policies potentially stoking ...

A proposal from two top nominees would let the president fire board members at will, and give Congress budget authority.

When it comes to the US economy, the spotlight is on whom the president-elect might try to dismiss rather than whom he plans ...

Fed's Christopher Waller signaled that he supports cutting interest rates, despite high inflation and Trump's tariff concerns ...

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr's resignation was tendered in order to avoid a possible clash with ...

After a quarter-point cut in December, Chairman Jerome Powell said policymakers may be more cautious, since the incoming administration will create more uncertainty.

The U.S. job market again defied an anticipated slowdown, with firms adding more than a quarter of a million jobs in the last ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, about the U.S. economic outlook for 2025.

The Federal Reserve, responsible for setting interest rates and shaping U.S. monetary policy, plays a critical role in ...

The U.S. economy is closing the year on a positive note. Here's Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell earlier this month. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JEROME POWELL: The U.S. economy has ...