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Stock tend to wobble when Fed Chair Powell starts talking on FOMC days

Hold your hats. The S&P 500 index tends to lose steam on rate-decision days when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been ...

Federal Reserve shows unexpected unity, independence as it weathers Trump’s attacks

In what was expected to be a contentious Federal Reserve meeting, policymakers on Wednesday instead emerged with a nearly ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says that AI isn't the main source of labor market woes — here's what is

At least, not yet. While Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has previously warned about AI, saying in June that it has the "potential to make really dramatic changes" to the U.S. economy, the leader of ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell faces delicate balancing act in Jackson Hole speech on Friday

Jerome Powell will address the state of the U.S. economy — and perhaps offer hints about interest rates — in a closely watched speech on Friday.

Jerome Powell says the Gen Z hiring nightmare is real: ‘Kids coming out of college…are having a hard time finding jobs’

"You've got a low firing, low hiring environment" in the economy right now. When asked if it's AI, Powell shrugged: "there ...

Market Faces $1.5 Trillion Downside If Trump Fires Fed Chair Powell, Study Warns

With the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee meeting this week and appearing set to cut interest rates, a new study looks ...

WATCH LIVE: Jerome Powell hosts interest rate press conference

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is hosting a press conference at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, during which he is expected to publicly address the first interest rate cuts of the year. The Fed’s ...

Pressure mounts on Jerome Powell as economist Mohamed El-Erian adds his voice to calls for the Fed chair to step down — but not everyone agrees

Amid pressure from the president, Mohamed El-Erian called on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to call it quits — becoming ...