The Federal Reserve’s independence from political interference, viewed as sacrosanct inside the central bank, is under siege.

“It’s by now widely agreed, almost all over the world: If you leave monetary policy in political hands, you’ll get too much ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

President Donald Trump this week said he had discussed with a group of Republican lawmakers the possibility of firing Federal ...

Low rates can also inflate financial markets. Investors, unable to generate strong returns in safe assets, such as short-term Treasury notes, will move into progressively higher-risk assets, where ...

President Emmanuel Macron announced today that France would become the first of the Group of 7 major industrialized nations ...

Katharina Pistor argues that it is high time to rethink how money can be managed in ways that benefit people, not finance ...

Here is what President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill could mean for the U.S. economy and your finances.

Low rates can also inflate financial markets. Investors, unable to generate strong returns in safe assets, such as short-term Treasury notes, will move into progressively higher-risk assets, where ...

We celebrate the period as a golden age of cultural rebirth. But two new books argue that the Renaissance, as we imagine it, ...

Private employers lost more jobs than they added for the first time in more than two years, as new data shows Americans pulling back on spending under the weight of inflation and President Donald ...

Jerome Powell's leadership approach at the Federal Reserve focuses on calmness, consensus-building, and flexibility, said ...