The Fed Will Almost Certainly Hold At Its Meeting This Week-Here's What's Still Up In The Air

The real question for the Fed meeting is how officials are thinking about the Iran war and its effect on inflation.
Reuters

Fed races to adapt to AI promises and pitfalls for jobs, inflation

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials who have largely accepted that artificial intelligence will lead to dramatic shifts in the economy are now struggling to understand the ...

Trump’s DOJ is not falling for Sam Bankman-Fried’s MAGA makeover on X

Ever since Donald Trump took office and declared himself a “pro-crypto president,” FTX’s disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been working to convince the administration that he’s a Republican ...

Next Fed Meeting: When It Is in March and What To Expect on Interest Rates

Fed officials are divided on whether to prioritize controlling inflation or addressing the slowing job market.
Reuters

Fed's Bostic: Political battles over Fed are undermining public trust

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Outgoing Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said on Wednesday that the political battles around the Fed are undermining public confidence in the central ...
The Washington Post

White House economic adviser says Fed researchers should be punished

Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump, on Wednesday assailed a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finding that U.S. companies shoulder most of the costs of ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Emerging Markets Waver Amid Thin Holiday Trading, Fed Anxiety

Emerging-market assets were little changed on Tuesday as traders weighed the recent optimism toward the asset class against a firmer US dollar and thinner trading volumes due to holidays in major ...
The Hill

Tillis won’t support Fed nominee confirmation before DOJ investigation of Powell is done

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said in an interview that aired Sunday that he will not support Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, until the Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
CoinDesk

Fed's Neel Kashkari calls crypto 'utterly useless,' dismisses stablecoins as 'buzzword salad'

Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, offered a blunt take on digital assets, arguing that cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin BTC $71,485.82 and stablecoins, have yet ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Fed’s Kashkari Said What Needed to Be Said

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has stood firm in the face of White House interference in monetary policy. When his term ends in May, the institution will need other leaders to step up and ...
The Motley Fool

Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh's Biggest Challenge Won't Be Balance Sheet Deleveraging or Interest Rates -- It'll Be Something Far More Important

Jerome Powell's term as Fed chair ends on May 15, and President Trump has nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to succeed him. Warsh's prior voting record and public critiques of the Fed may put ...
CoinDesk

Bitcoin's plunge signals coming AI crisis, but massive Fed response will drive new record high: Arthur Hayes

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says bitcoin's BTC $72,763.12 recent 52% crash from its October all-time high is flashing a critical warning signal — but the crypto could ultimately soar to new records ...