May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies will likely lift inflation ... Trump has nominated Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, a frequent critic of Barr's approach, to take ...

"So that's the strong likelihood." Powell said the Fed is focused on keeping inflation contained and waiting for more clarity before making policy changes. A day after his remarks, the president ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday cautioned that the central bank could face a "challenging scenario" of managing both accelerating inflation and a slowing economy brought on by the ...

In 2021, the Fed deemed the spike in inflation after the COVID-19 pandemic to be a transitory phenomenon resulting from global supply chain bottlenecks. The interpretation delayed the central bank's ...

New foreign levies outlined by the Trump administration are "one of the biggest shocks to affect the U.S. economy in many decades," Fed Gov. Christopher Waller said Monday, forecasting that if ...

With Trump’s tariffs predicted to both increase inflation and slow the economy – leaving the Fed torn between its two missions - Powell reiterated that the central bank’s main job is to keep ...

The labor market is solid and broadly in balance, but progress on inflation has slowed and remains above the Fed's 2% goal, she said. Short-term inflation expectations have risen, but longer-term ...

Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller warned Monday that inflation could ... think that way again." Fed officials are grappling with how to respond to President Trump's aggressive slate of new ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies will likely lift inflation, lower growth ... Trump has nominated Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, a frequent critic of Barr's approach, to take over as the ...