The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...

For more than a century, the Federal Reserve has steered the U.S. economy largely free from political influence. From World War II to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve has worked to keep the ...

After the Federal Reserve resumed its interest rate-cutting cycle last month, Chair Jerome Powell signaled that incoming U.S.

By installing Stephen Miran and eyeing more allies, Trump is giving the central bank a sharp break from its tradition of ...

Recently, President Donald Trump has targeted the Federal Reserve, pushing the country’s central banking system for more ...

A government shutdown has implications for the economy, which has been in the spotlight in recent months as the labor market slows.

As the economists fly blind in the first full week of a government shutdown, the stock market looks primed to continue its ...

Before the coup: Donald Trump has fired Fed governor Lisa Cook and threatened to fire Chair Jerome Powell. Clients of Wall Street bank J.P. Morgan (JPM) were told at a private meeting last week that ...

Plus, a look at September's job market, the best places to retire and the universities hardest hit by Trump's $100K H-1B visa ...

Republicans aim to pass what’s known as a “clean” short-term bill to fund the government at current levels through November 21. Democrats want to address the looming expiration of key Affordable Care ...