Interest Rates

Apples prices are displayed at a grocery store in Wheeling, Ill.,

Inflation ticked up slightly to 2.4% in May, better than expected

Zach Halaschak · June 11, 2025 8:34 am

A construction worker works outside of commercial building site during a hot weather in Arlington Heights, Ill., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Economy added 139,000 jobs in May: The key facts and figures

Joseph Lawler and Zach Halaschak · June 6, 2025 8:31 am

Michelle Bowman, governor of the Federal Reserve nominee for President Trump, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in D.C. on May 15, 2018.

Senate confirms Trump nominee Bowman to be top Fed bank regulator

Zach Halaschak · June 4, 2025 6:44 pm

Fairness & Justice

Easier solutions to resolve the federal debt crisis

James Rogan · June 4, 2025 8:00 am

Shoppers walk from a Target store in midtown Manhattan in New York on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

Inflation fell to 2.1% in April, lowest since 2021

Zach Halaschak · May 30, 2025 8:34 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington.

Trump and Powell meet in White House as Fed faces pressure to lower rates

Zach Halaschak · May 29, 2025 1:41 pm

Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Jerome Powell speaks during an event hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago,

Fed holds interest rates steady in face of pressure from Trump and tariffs

Zach Halaschak · May 7, 2025 2:00 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at the DealBook Summit in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

WATCH LIVE: Powell holds press conference after decision on interest rates

Ross O'Keefe · May 7, 2025 1:20 pm

Construction workers work at a residential building site in Chicago

Economy added 177,000 jobs in April: The key facts and figures

Zach Halaschak · May 2, 2025 8:31 am

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, on Sept. 18, 2024.

Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance

Cutting interest rates would be a terrible idea

Brady Leonard · April 23, 2025 8:51 am

President Donald Trump sought to clean up his recent comments Tuesday regarding Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, telling reporters at the White House that he has no "intention" of firing him.

Trump has ‘no intention’ of firing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell

Christian Datoc · April 22, 2025 6:22 pm

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington.

Trump stops short of calling for Powell resignation: ‘If I want him out, he’ll be out’

Mabinty Quarshie · April 17, 2025 3:28 pm