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President Donald Trump speaks as Cody Campbell, left, and professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau listen during an event for the signing of an executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

August 1, 2025 at 4:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in...

FILE – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell listens as President Donald Trump visits the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged even as Trump demands cuts

July 30, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.

FILE – The sculpture of an eagle looks out from behind protective construction wrapping on the facade as the Federal Reserve Board Building undergoes both interior and exterior renovations, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Federal Reserve gives journalists a rare tour of building renovations ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit

July 24, 2025 at 1:43 p.m.

President Donald Trump plans to step foot in the Federal Reserve on Thursday as his allies scrutinize its expensive building renovations.

FILE – Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

President Donald Trump’s attacks on Powell threaten the Fed’s independence. Here’s why it matters

July 18, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell.

FILE – Eggs sit in a container in a shopping cart at grocery store, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Windham, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge

July 15, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.

Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs push up the cost of everything from groceries and clothes to furniture and appliances.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a note from President Donald Trump to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell written on a list of central bank rates worldwide, as she speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, June 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

As President Donald Trump ramps up attacks on the Federal Reserve, Chair Jerome Powell refuses to change course

July 1, 2025 at 12:50 p.m.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday stuck to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold while it waits to see how President Donald...

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Fed leaves key rate unchanged as it awaits tariffs’ impact; Trump refers to Fed Chair Powell as ‘stupid’

June 18, 2025 at 5:41 p.m.

The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits for additional information on how tariffs and other potential disruptions will affect the economy this year.

FILE – Shoppers walks past a Calvin Klein store at Citadel Outlets in Commerce, Calif., April 14, 2025. (AP PhotoDamian Dovarganes, file)

Inflation rose slightly last month as grocery prices ticked higher

June 11, 2025 at 9:12 a.m.

U.S. inflation picked up a bit last month as food costs rose, though overall inflation remained mostly tame.

FILE – Empty shopping carts are collected from the parking lot at Walmart store in Burbank, Calif., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

President Donald Trump’s massive import taxes haven’t done much economic damage — yet

May 19, 2025 at 9:53 a.m.

Trump’s tariffs are still huge – the highest since the Great Depression of the 1930s. They’re unpredictable: The president frequently announces tariffs only to suspend them days later and to...

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump claims this is Biden’s economy, but businesses and economists beg to differ

May 1, 2025 at 5:29 p.m.

When the stock market fell Wednesday on news that the American economy had gone backward during the first three months of 2025, President Trump knew exactly who to blame: Biden.

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