It is the latest move by the Trump administration to step up pressure on the Federal Reserve, which has faced criticism from officials for being slow to cut rates and splashing out $2.5 billion on ...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) defended Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and expressed concern about President Trump’s call for her resignation amid mortgage fraud allegations. “What makes me concerned ...

Economists have long preferred independent central banks because they can more easily take unpopular steps to fight inflation.

Mortgage fraud allegations against another Fed governor, Lisa Cook, returned the focus to the Trump team’s push to re-mold the central bank.

Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed’s chair, Jerome Powell, for not cutting its short-term interest rate, and even threatened to fire him.

President Trump’s attack on yet another Black woman in public office gives away the game — if you were still harboring any doubt — about his corrupt use of mortgage fraud allegations to target ...

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage held steady this week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging sign for prospective homebuyers who ...