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Europe, U.S. Central Banks Have Taken Different Paths In Trump Era
In 2025, the European Central Bank and its American counterpart have taken starkly different approaches to monetary policy, with the ECB continuing to slash interest rates, and the Fed holding them ...
Trump is furious that Fed won’t cut interest rates like ECB. Here’s why Powell won’t budge.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is infuriating President Donald Trump by not moving to further cut interest rates, in ...
ECB Cuts Interest Rates to Counter Threat From Trump Tariffs
The central bank cut by a quarter of a percentage point to cushion Europe’s flagging economy from Trump’s trade war.
Trump suggests firing of Fed chair is coming – but he doesn’t have the power to remove him
Powell heads the Federal Reserve, the central banking system that operates as an independent entity free from political ...
European Central Bank cuts interest rates as tariffs threaten the economy
The European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point Thursday, citing growing trade tensions after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs sparked a global trade war.
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Fed's Goolsbee warns against curbing central bank independence
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned against efforts to curtail the central bank’s independence, days after President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure with Fed Chair ...
Fed’s Powell warns tariffs may upset inflation-growth balance
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern over achieving the central bank’s dual mandate as tariffs are likely to ...
Stocks, dollar slide as Trump's Fed attacks jangle nerves
Donald Trump has Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in his sights… and that has markets rattled again. Late last week, White ...