The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered sacrosanct by investors and economists.

President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so commonplace at this point that they barely register in financial markets these days. The rapidly intensifying multi-pronged efforts by Trump’s advisers to amplify and expand on Trump’s attacks are a good reason to rethink that indifference.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to escalate his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a step investor call dangerous.

President Donald Trump said he’s not planning to fire Jerome Powell, and still managed to make it sound like a threat.

In a resurfaced clip from 2017, President Donald Trump sang the praises of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell when he first nominated him. The post Clip of Trump Praising Fed Chair Powell’s ‘Good Judgement’ Goes Viral Amid President’s Vicious Attacks first appeared on Mediaite.

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday after the White House suggested that President Donald Trump was planning to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Though the presid

The most recent criticisms against Fed chair Jerome Powell come after President Donald Trump continues to demand lower interest rates.

On the surface, President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his increasingly vitriolic denunciations of Republicans who demand more disclosures in the case of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein have nothing in common.