The Federal Reserve is complicated and carries out numerous functions.

Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to ...

Denmark's central bank cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.85% on Thursday, following the European Central Bank ...

The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday for the seventh time to counter worries about economic growth fueled by ...

Worries about economic growth fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught will likely push the European Central ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said on Wednesday that high levels of uncertainty in the U.S.

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned in a speech that protectionism erodes ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in prepared remarks in Chicago that the central bank would wait for more data ...

Namibia's central bank held its main interest rate at 6.75% in a decision announced on Wednesday, citing heightened global ...

By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals.

President Trump's criticism of Fed's Powell was just the latest in a flurry of attacks on the Fed chief going over interest ...

President Donald Trump suggested twice on Thursday he could remove the Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell from his position as chair, a move that would shatter the U.S. central bank’s position ...