Eyes were closed, heads were shaking and backs were slapped. The nonverbal cues at the president's visit to the Federal Reserve are worth another look.

The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has made the removal of the Fed chair his personal mission.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President Donald Trump’s calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand several more months of the president’s unprecedented,

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that the Trump administration was not in a rush to nominate a new Federal Reserve Chair to replace Jerome Powell. "We are getting the process underway.

Financial markets finished the week on a high note after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stood his ground against President Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two men Thursday. The

President Trump is used to world leaders bowing down to him, and to cabinet members fawning over him. Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, took a different approach.

As the president toured the central bank’s Washington headquarters, he slapped its chief, Jay Powell, on the back and said: “I would love it if he lowered interest rates.” Powell’s awkward laugh in the moments that followed underscores how Trump is publicly challenging the Fed in a way never seen in the history of the central bank.