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• Trump lays into the Fed, says he's 'not thrilled' about interest rate hikes

  9 Hours Ago

  In a stinging and historically rare criticism, President Donald Trump expressed frustration with the Federal Reserve and said the central bank could disrupt the economic recovery.

• Fed's banking supervisor backs new interest rate benchmark

  11 Hours Ago

  The Federal Reserve's banking supervisor gave his backing Thursday to a new interest rate benchmark for institutions to use when lending to each other.

• Billionaire investor David Rubenstein says two more interest rate hikes won't hurt the economy

  4:23 PM ET Wed, 18 July 2018

  Some investors fear that additional Federal Reserve interest rate hikes could slow down the economy. But billionaire investor David Rubenstein says the economy is strong enough right now to withstand it. 

• Fed Chairman Powell says cryptocurrencies present big risks to investors

  12:46 PM ET Wed, 18 July 2018

  The head of the Federal Reserve ripped into cryptocurrencies on Wednesday, saying they present serious risks to investors.

• A bullish ‘phenomenon’ in bond market is weeks away from fading, top credit strategist says 

  7:44 AM ET Wed, 18 July 2018

  Investors appear to be warming up to a somewhat overlooked area of the fixed income market.

• America may not have the tools to counter the next financial crisis, warn Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson

  3 Hours Ago

  A decade after the 2008 recession, the policymakers who countered it on its front lines are worried that the U.S. may not be adequately armed for the next economic crisis.

• Cramer Remix: Make yourself at home in this stock

  7:04 PM ET Tue, 17 July 2018

  Jim Cramer reveals why Williams-Sonoma is in a sweet spot in the home goods space.

• Opioid addiction is keeping a high percentage of people out of the workforce, Fed chairman says

  3:58 AM ET Wed, 18 July 2018

  America's opioid epidemic is exacting a massive human tool that also is impacting the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.

• Powell backs more rate hikes as economy growing 'considerably stronger'

  7:49 AM ET Wed, 18 July 2018

  The U.S. economy is running at a fast enough pace to justify continued interest rate increases, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.

• Watch Fed Chairman Jerome Powell testify before Congress

  9:53 AM ET Tue, 17 July 2018

  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers his semiannual testimony to Congress this week, with an appearance Tuesday in the Senate and Wednesday in the House of Representatives.

• The US economy has plenty of steam despite bond market and trade fears, investors say

  7:55 AM ET Tue, 17 July 2018

  Investors have also been watching the yield curve as the gap between yields on the 10 and two-year U.S. Treasury bonds hit a fresh 11-year low.

• Fed's Powell says economy is in 'good place' but tariffs could change that

  3:06 PM ET Thu, 12 July 2018

  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he believes the economy is "in a good place," but that an escalation in tariffs between the United States and trading partners could affect that success.

• Fed official: 'We could end up getting behind if we don’t keep moving things up'

  9:42 AM ET Thu, 12 July 2018

  Members of the Federal Reserve are telegraphing two more rate hikes this year.

• Cramer: The real cause of the bank stocks' weakness isn't the yield curve — it's trade

  6:29 AM ET Tue, 10 July 2018

  Jim Cramer deciphers what Monday's stock market action means for the stocks of major U.S. banks.

• Cramer translates what US bonds are saying, and it's not good for the economy

  3:24 PM ET Mon, 9 July 2018

  Jim Cramer says that if the Fed keeps raising interest rates, the U.S. economy could be on a path to recession.

• The Fed says the trade war is already causing businesses to scale back spending

  7:01 AM ET Fri, 6 July 2018

  Business leaders have started to raise concerns with the Federal Reserve about potentially damaging effects of tariffs as the growing trade dispute between the United States and its key economic partners.