NEW YORK >> The dollar firmed today but was heading for a weekly fall as weakening economic data leads traders to price in the probability of more interest rate cuts this year, and as investors ...

President Donald Trump has nominated a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors for four months, ...

The S&P 500 added 0.8% on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, finishing just short of the closing record it set last week. Gilead Sciences ...

Today’s edition of quick hits.* I’ll be eager to learn more about preliminary reporting like this: “President Trump has ...

Trump, desperate to have a voice on Fed interest-rate decisions, got an opportunity to put his own stamp on the board earlier than expected when Adriana Kugler announced in August that she would step ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Federal Reserve Board has implications for the central bank's monetary policy ...

Stephen I. Miran may spend only a few months on the central bank’s board of governors, but in that time he can influence the ...

Stephen Miran, the head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, was interviewed by WSJ Chief Economics Correspondent ...

The president’s advisers are reviewing new contenders, including former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and Marc ...

Miran, an architect of Trump’s tariff policy, would be a temporary fix. He’d serve the remainder of outgoing Fed Gov. Adriana ...

The pound rose to USD1.3450 late on Friday afternoon in London, compared to USD1.3412 at the equities close on Thursday. The euro traded at USD1.1666, higher against USD1.1631. Against the yen, the ...

In the near term, Stephen Miran will, if confirmed, be a voice for President Trump's desired interest rate cuts.