The Federal Housing Finance Agency director urged the Justice Dept. to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook. It is the administration’s latest effort to gain control of the central bank.

Jerome Powell will address the state of the U.S. economy — and perhaps offer hints about interest rates — in a closely watched speech this week. Here's what to expect.

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.

Fresh data released this week underscored just how stuck the U.S. housing market is. On Monday, a closely watched sentiment ...

Today's economic reports rarely make a big difference to mortgage rates. But tomorrow's speech by the Fed's chair just might.

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn't leave her post after President Donald Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his officials that ...

Stock index futures were muted on Thursday, a day after Wall Street ended mostly lower as investors continued to await ...

Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are rising in premarket trading as the stock market looks ahead to the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Symposium.

The U.S. dollar drifted on Thursday as investors awaited policy cues from the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium while keeping an eye on renewed concerns over central bank independence after ...

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed on Wednesday after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning.

Investors are looking to de-risk portfolios or lock in profits during a seasonally difficult period for stocks ...

Stocks have been resilient since the July jobs report, with interest rate cuts now not just a hope, but a legitimate expectation.