The economy in 2018 was much different than the one today, and so are the Fed's options for keeping it on track.

The idea that America’s central bank should operate without political interference is a norm without ironclad protections, particularly if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the new administration. America’s bouts with inflation during the second half of the 20th century underline economists’ arguments that the Fed needs to sometimes make unpopular decisions on interest rates,

Arthur Hayes has dropped part three of his essay series, and it’s exactly what you’d expect—raw, technical, and unapologetically direct. Titled “KISS of Death,” the essay tears into President Donald Trump’s financial strategy,

The new administration under President Donald Trump has not stuck to the script that most economists and analysts laid out in their scenarios before the US elections in November 2024. Will Trump's agenda of deregulation and tax cuts,

Trump could order the Treasury Department to start buying mortgage-backed securities, like when the Federal Reserve bought roughly $1.45 trillion of MBSs during the Great Recession. That was popularly known as quantitative easing. Buying MBS can reduce mortgage rates by increasing competition and increasing mortgage market liquidity.