The Federal Reserve affects you in more ways than you might think. From interest rates to the employment rate, here are all the ways the Fed affects daily life.

The Fed doesn’t just set interest rates. It needs to be able regulate banks independently too, to make sure the financial ...

Supreme Court appeared ready to deal Trump a major setback as justices showed strong support for keeping Federal Reserve ...

The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...

The chair of the Federal Reserve oversees the U.S. banking system and helps steer monetary policy. The chair's salary is set ...

Famously, Paul Volcker, who as Fed chair dramatically raised interest rates in the early 1980s to combat inflation rates ...

And he may have just shown his hand.

The Federal Reserve resumed securities purchases in December 2025, increasing its portfolio by $33.3 billion since late November. U.S. commercial banks currently hold nearly $3.0 trillion in excess ...

"The Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Jan. 11.

A criminal investigation of the Federal Reserve launched by the Department of Justice zeroed in on renovation of the Federal ...