The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady yesterday, defying Donald Trump’s calls for deep reductions. The Fed’s pause on cuts is a setback for the renewable energy industry, which has struggled from high upfront costs and faces an uncertain future amid the US president’s tariffs threats and restrictions to solar and wind development.

Joe Biden leaves the presidency with what appears to be a sterling ... Inflation peaked above 9% in June 2022 and has stayed above the Federal Reserve's 2% target every month since March 2021. As the prices of various goods and services increased and ...

The economy rebounded strongly from the COVID shock, but the U.S. continues to grapple with a cost-of-living crisis and spiraling federal debt.

The pressure of US President Donald Trump on the Federal Reserve System (FRS) will only intensify, as any problems in the economy will immediately put an end to the honeymoon and bring down his ratings.

If public opinion polls are the guide, Joe Biden has been the worst president since Richard Nixon. Here's why that may be true.

A top economic adviser to President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump’s incoming administration risks reigniting inflation if it interferes with the Federal Reserve’s policymaking on interest rates.

The bottom half of the U.S. population — or about 65 million households — collectively own just 2.4% of the nation's wealth, or just under $4 trillion, according to Federal Reserve data. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White ...

President Donald Trump begins his presidential term. He touts plans to make America “the world’s crypto capital,” but his predecessor Joe Biden’s stance on crypto was more ambivalent.

On an annualized basis, Biden’s Dow performance is slightly below the 50-year average, but higher than the average among 20th and 21st-century Democratic presidents. Among one-term presidents, the Dow’s performance under Biden is the worst since Jimmy Carter.

The Biden administration advanced a plan to limit oil drilling and infrastructure across more of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, a bid to lock in land protections and conservation requirements days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

After three cuts at the end of last year, Federal Reserve officials paused rate moves as they weigh a solid economy and rising inflation risks. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said the central bank was not on a “pre-set course.