The technology team at financial regulator CFPB has been gutted
Around 20 technologists at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were fired on Thursday evening, gutting a team that ...
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Second judge blocks Trump's federal aid funding freeze
A federal judge on Friday sided with a coalition of 22 states and temporarily blocked a federal aid funding freeze directed by the Trump administration — the second such order this week.
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OPM denies federal government website shutdown reports: ‘False rumors’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said it gave no orders to shut down government websites amid confusion over complying with a new Trump administration policy requiring agencies to scrub ...
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Ex-Fed adviser charged with helping China manipulate US markets
Former Federal Reserve adviser John Harold Rogers has been indicted on charges of economic espionage. Prosecutors allege Rogers shared confidential U.S. financial data with Chinese contacts posing ...
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Fed’s preferred inflation gauge posts largest monthly gain since April as tariff fears boost spending
US inflation increased by the most in eight months in December amid a surge in consumer spending, suggesting the Federal Reserve would probably be in no hurry to resume cutting interest rates soon.
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Trump may be his own worst enemy in his fight against the Fed
President Donald Trump has called for interest rates to come down and escalated his criticism of the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, after this week's policy meeting. But the president ...
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The Fed’s go-to inflation gauge heated up again
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved even higher in December, driven largely by rising energy prices as well as food. However, a closely watched measurement of underlying ...
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Inflation gauge favored by Fed showed price growth picked up in December
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge showed prices rose as expected in December, and it remains above the central bank's target level amid its ongoing efforts to wrestle down inflation.
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Why the Fed Should Stop Forward Guidance
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In our Barron’s column of January 29, we argued that the Fed’s macro ...
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The Fed Is Sitting on the Sidelines, but for How Long?
What’s remarkable is that the Federal Reserve hasn’t yet needed to get involved in any of them. Enjoy the calm while it lasts. I think it’s a good bet that what we are seeing is a rare ...
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How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A month later, this obscure Treasury office is now a key battlefront in a wider war being waged by Trump and his allies over federal spending. Signs of the fight emerged this week. The top civil ...