The U.S. government has nearly $36 trillion of debt on issue and its bonds are the bedrock of the global financial system.

Critics also argue that the Federal Reserve Bank violates the Constitution by being too closely tied to the private sector and lacking transparency and accountability. Some people are opposed to ...

Who owns the Federal Reserve? No one owns the Federal Reserve. The Fed was established by the Federal Reserve Act in 1913 to be the country's central bank. It is an independent government agency ...

Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite ...

The Federal Reserve kicked off its second Trump era right where it left off: Doing exactly what it wanted to do, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands that it lower rates.

Jerome H. Powell has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) since May 25, 2012, appointed by then-President Barack Obama to fill an unexpired term. He was ...

President Trump has said he will "demand" lower interest rates, raising questions about his ability to influence the Federal Reserve.

For Jill Comfort, a broker who owns Comfort Realty in Maricopa ... received an estimate on a mortgage application before the Federal Reserve announced it would start cutting rates.