It isn’t just the U.S. Other countries have also come to expect an independent U.S. central bank.

AP reporter Chris Rugaber explains the role of the Federal Reserve and why an independent Fed is important. (AP video: River ...

Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester says it's important that the Fed stays independent ...

Former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh said he believes the next Fed chair will maintain the central bank's independence ...

Trump has criticized Powell for months because the chair has kept the short-term interest rate the Fed controls at 4.3% this ...

“It’s by now widely agreed, almost all over the world: If you leave monetary policy in political hands, you’ll get too much inflation,” Alan Blinder, a professor of economics at Princeton University ...

The current squabble between President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell  has its roots deep in American economic ...

Three things can simultaneously be true: that it would be reasonable for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates; that its ...

Chicago Federal Reserve president Austan Goolsbee expressed support for Jerome Powell and central bank independence when asked about pressure being applied from President Trump, saying the Fed chair ...

An unexpected pickup in underlying inflation last month nudged price pressures further from the Federal Reserve's 2% target, putting this summer's data in the spotlight for whether the central ...