While inflation rises and consumer spending stay strong, consumer sentiment is very low, economists said. File photo by Allison Dinner/EPA Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Core…

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Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate confirmed 48 appointees of President Donald Trump, almost entirely made up of ambassador and sub-cabinet positions. The lone…

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Sept. 18 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Trump has…

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Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to announce fresh rate cuts in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's demands…

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Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Senate Republicans on Monday confirmed White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to join the Federal Reserve Board despite staunch Democratic concerns…

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Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, handing the American…

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The Trump administration renewed its request Sunday for a federal appeals court to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors,…

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Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook might not have committed fraud when obtaining a mortgage loan on at least one property for…

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Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Wholesale prices dropped just a bit in August, potentially allowing the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its September meeting.…

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Lisa Cook's attorney, Abbe Lowell, denied that she ever committed mortgage fraud in a court filing on Tuesday. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Sept. 3…

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Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration Thursday night announced a second criminal referral against Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud, as…

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Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook, seen here at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in February…

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Aug. 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Monday fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as he continues to feud with her boss over lowering…

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, seen here at a press conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. in July. He gave a speech about…

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Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner nominee E.J. Antoni has suggested suspending monthly jobs reports in favor of more accurate quarterly reports.…

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Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The Consumer Price Index rose slightly less than expected in July annually as tariffs showed only a minimal influence on prices.…

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Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve has not approved an interest rate cut since before the Nov. 5 election, but one of its governors…

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Aug. 8 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday replaced Bill Long as Internal Revenue Service commissioner after less than two months on the job…

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Aug. 5 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer on the list to replace Federal Reserve Chair…

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Aug. 2 (UPI) -- One of the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Adriana Kugler, announced she is stepping down next week,…

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