Only a more severe damage to energy infrastructure or disruption of transit through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for tanker traffic, would produce a lasting rise in energy prices.

Concerns about crimped oil supply linked to a conflict, as is the case was Friday, can produce more prolonged negative market reactions. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait saw the S&P 500 SPX post real ...

Tensions are escalating between the White House and the Federal Reserve, with consumers seemingly caught in the crossfire.

Analysis: Despite concerns over a trade war, the US President has notched quite a few wins on his economic belt in recent ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in blue jacket, arrives for dinner at Jackson Hole on Thursday. (Natalie Behring/Bloomberg News) The stage is set Friday for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...

Still, I have maintained that market discipline (not least from bond vigilantes) and a still-independent Fed would constrain ...

The central bank said that the two discussed “economic developments including for growth, employment, and inflation.” ...

President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday and the two discussed the economy but not Powell's outlook for interest rates, the Fed said.Powell told Trump that ...

Fede Chair Jerome Powell did not discuss his expectations for monetary policy in his meeting with President Donald Trump.