J. Rufus Wallingford, a financial speculator in a 1911 novel Randolph Chester, of whom it was said “he toils not, neither does he spin,” is an exemplar who, in every generation, has followers in real ...

President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says ...

It isn’t just the U.S. Other countries have also come to expect an independent U.S. central bank.

Wednesday's market drama on reports of an imminent ouster of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has calmed quickly, with ...

There could be a revolt in global markets, including a possible collapse in the dollar and US bonds, if President Donald Trump were to take the unprecedented step of removing Federal Reserve Chair ...

U.S. stocks are shaky after President Donald Trump said he had talked about the concept of firing the head of the Federal Reserve ...

Mr. Pollock is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, the author of 'Finance and Philosophy--Why We’re Always Surprised' and ...

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said that criticisms of the Fed's balance sheet and calls to return to a scarce ...

Alex Pollock, an expert on Federal Reserve policy, joins us to talk about how the Fed has backed itself into a very bad financial corner, and there is no ...

The Federal Reserve said all major banks passed this year’s stress tests, showing they can withstand a hypothetical severe economic downturn. The tests, announced Friday, were less rigorous than ...