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President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation.

President Donald Trump said he expected Jerome Powell to be a cheap-money Fed chairman.

Senate and House Appropriations Committees appropriate more funds for certain transportation and housing programs after the president sought cuts to or elimination of the programs.

The plan would raise power costs, but analysts say municipal utilities and energy cooperatives can absorb the increases or pass them on to customers.

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Democrats are frustrated that President Trump's infrastructure plan would require state and local governments to come up with the majority of funds for infrastructure projects.

Rep. Bill Shuster says a federal gas tax hike is the only way to pay for an infrastructure bill and that Congress could vote on legislation after the November elections.

Among the many programs proposed for elimination by the president's fiscal 2019 budget are Community Development Block Grants, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the Community Services Block Grant, HOME and the Housing Trust Fund.

During his State of the Union address, President Trump also embraced the recent call by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- without mentioning them –- to reduce the permitting approval process to two years or less for infrastructure projects.

The American Trucking Association touts its Build America Fund as a much better solution to financing infrastructure than tolls or public-private partnerships.

While the latest principles for President Trump's infrastructure plan may not be released until February, several Democrats have introduced bills for competitive grant programs for infrastructure projects.

Many industry observers believe Federal Reserve Board Janet Yellen will retire from the central bank once her term as chair expires in February. But there are reasons she might stay.

Jerome Powell wasn’t a lock to be President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve.

The bond markets will not have a huge reaction to the nomination of Governor Jerome Powell as chair as of Federal Reserve Board, seeing it as a continuation of the monetary policies of Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke before her.

President Donald Trump plans to announce his choice for the next Fed chairman on Thursday, the day before he departs for a trip to Asia, a White House official said.

President Donald Trump is leaning toward appointing Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Fed, according to three people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump does not intend to appoint National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn to lead the Federal Reserve, three people familiar with the matter said.

Janet Yellen’s only advocate in the White House may be the one person who matters most: President Donald Trump.

The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a $36.5 billion short-term disaster aid package.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen defended the central bank’s use of unconventional and often unpopular monetary policy tools after the Great Recession.