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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

DOJ drops criminal probe of Fed Chairman Powell, paves way for Warsh

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Fed Chair Powell could stay past his term

By Peter Morici

Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fed nominee Kevin Warsh says he won’t be Trump’s ‘sock puppet’ on interest rates

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Kevin Warsh, speaking to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Warsh says ‘regime change’ needed at Federal Reserve after inflation missteps

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec., 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Fed Chair nominee Warsh says Fed independence is ‘essential’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., descends a stairwell after a vote at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) **FILE**

Sen. Tillis says he supports Warsh for Fed chair, but still plans to block confirmation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec., 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Sen. Warren calls for greater transparency into Federal Reserve nominee’s financial holdings

By Christopher Rugaber and Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump vows to fire Powell from the Fed if he stays on past end of his chairman’s term

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve in Washington on Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Prosecutors sought access to Federal Reserve building as Trump threatens to fire Powell

By Michael Kunzelman and Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Kevin Warsh, speaking to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Fed nominee Kevin Warsh’s disclosed wealth surpasses $100 million

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Key Fed official sees possible rate hike amid higher gas prices, inflation concerns

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses students at Harvard University, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Fed is watching energy price spikes, but Chair Powell says bank is limited in what it can do

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Prosecutor conceded lack of criminal evidence in Federal Reserve investigation, transcript shows

By Michael Kunzelman and Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

High oil prices knock down stocks and erase Wall Street’s hopes for a cut to interest rates

By Stan Choe - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed keeps interest rates steady, says impact of Middle East war is ‘uncertain’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A shopper checks out at a cash register in a grocery store in Schaumburg, Ill., Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Judge blocks criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - A sign stands outside a branch of Wells Fargo bank Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Fed lifts restrictions placed on Wells Fargo in 2018 because of its fake-accounts scandal

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video provided by the New York Stock Exchange, Chief Security Officer Kevin Fitzgibbons rings the opening bell at the NYSE, while recognizing Randy Timmons in Albany, Ga., and thousands of employees of the Proctor &amp; Gamble Company, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (New York Stock Exchange via AP)

Stocks jump after Fed’s stimulus move, on track for best week since 1938

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE- In this July 11, 2018, file photo a worker assembles interior cabinets for a boat at Regal Marine Industries in Orlando, Fla. On Tuesday, July 17, the Federal Reserve reports on U.S. industrial production for June. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

US industrial production rebounds 0.6 percent in June

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press