The Federal Reserve has a number of functions to help the U.S. economy operate efficiently. One of the most visible functions ...

The U.S. Treasury can draw up to $700 billion in new funding from its gold revaluation account at the Federal Reserve. Read ...

Increasing the reserve requirement reduces the amount of money that banks can lend, leading to a decrease in the money supply ...

Sales expectations in the next six months took a major hit in the National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index ...

More than one issue boosted Donald Trump ahead of main rival Kamala Harris and back into the White House, but inflation was ...

The Federal Reserve plays a pivotal role in shaping the U.S. economy. Understanding its influence on interest rates, ...

Pinpointing the genesis of “waste, fraud and abuse” as political rhetoric is difficult. But the concept is older than the ...

The conservative newspaper questioned why Trump would call for lowering interest rates as inflation appears on the rise.

Not money as in cash, but the supply of money ... Yet if he’s trying to blame the Federal Reserve, which controls short-term interest rates, he has the analysis backward. Rising inflation ...

Recent sticky inflation data backs the Federal Reserve's decision last month to ... risks - from tariff hikes and a squeeze on labor supply growth - start to emerge." The new data shows that ...

When inflation is limited, prices stabilize, preventing excessive increases in the cost of goods and services.

Many commonly purchased goods and services got more expensive in January, driving inflation in the wrong direction and to its ...