Explore how the Trump administration's policies and Federal Reserve actions impact inflation and the U.S. economy.

The Federal Reserve exists to create control over the United States monetary system. It was created in 1913 in response to a banking panic, with a goal of ensuring that similar panics would be ...

President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve on Monday to lower interest rates after the U.S. central bank last week kept ...

Interest expenses outpaced interest income for the second straight year, though the losses were smaller than the previous ...

The Federal Reserve has a playbook for fighting inflation, and another for boosting the economy when unemployment is rising.

As tariffs work their way into the U.S. economy, possibly igniting an inflation headwind, President Donald Trump suggests the ...

Experts warn the Federal Reserve's latest projections could unravel as the unknowns of Trump 2.0 cloud the path forward.

The Federal Reserve ran an operating loss of $77.6 billion last year, the second straight year of large losses. The results ...

Last spring and summer, The Fulcrum published a 30-part series on Project 2025. Now that Donald Trump's second term The Fulcrum has started Part 2 of the series has commenced. Project 2025, the ...

As the increase in the M2 stock of money remains modest through the end of middle of March 2025, one can argue that the ...

The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell cites "high uncertainty" around the impact of Trump administration tariffs on key trading partners.