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President Trump stepped up his attacks on the Federal Reserve Board and its chairman, Jerome Powell, blaming the central bank for declines in the stock market.

The Senate's approval of the Kansas banking commissioner leaves the board with two remaining seats to fill as the administration's nominees for the vacancies await votes.

The Senate is poised to confirm Kansas Banking Commissioner Michelle Bowman to the Federal Reserve Board. But the nominations for the two other open seats are still in limbo.

Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are causing the U.S. trade deficit to widen, not unfair Chinese trade practices, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen said.

Democrats won the U.S. House by riding a surge of voter anger and discontent with Donald Trump in suburban enclaves.

President Donald Trump’s budget director is doubling down on the administration’s message for the Federal Reserve: There’s no need to raise interest rates.

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee stood by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying he “maybe” regrets appointing him.

Janet Yellen cautioned that Donald Trump’s criticism of Federal Reserve policy threatens the institution she ran for four years, adding that it’s “not a desirable thing for a president to comment so explicitly on Fed policy.”

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

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Nellie Liang, a former Federal Reserve economist with expertise in financial stability, to the central bank’s Board of Governors.

The Senate approved Richard Clarida as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, while two other central bank nominees still await a vote.

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

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested on Sunday it was fine for the Federal Reserve to be raising interest rates.

President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases, breaking with more than two decades of White House tradition of avoiding comments on monetary policy out of respect for the independence of the U.S. central bank.

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett said worries about U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs that have already been imposed aren’t showing up in jobs data.

President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser urged the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates “very slowly.”

Bruising political fights over Obamacare and tax reform may have killed the chances for Trump's infrastructure plan, leaving state and local governments to lead the way.

Transportation lobbyists and researchers discussing surface transportation finance during an Infrastructure Week webcast were unanimous in saying that Congress should lift the general prohibition on tolling interstate highways.

President Donald Trump may hope his tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will create new jobs, but researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the opposite outcome was more likely.