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Business News > Mint Authors > Megan Leonhardt

Megan Leonhardt

ARTICLES BY MEGAN LEONHARDT

US President Donald Trump speaks with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. (File Photo: Reuters)

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A Fed rate hike depends on hot inflation. Don’t count on either.

3 min read . 05 Sept 2026

Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller (REUTERS)

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Fed officials open the door to holding interest rates steady this month

3 min read . 04 Sept 2026

President Donald Trump said this week that “we should have the lowest interest rates in the world.”

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Trump wants lower rates. That won’t stop a Fed rate hike.

3 min read . 03 Sept 2026

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Fed’s Warsh has little room to falter at Jackson Hole

3 min read . 27 Aug 2026

Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook Cook launched her legal battle on Aug. 28, 2025, after President Trump attempted to remove her from the central bank.(Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Fed’s Lisa Cook fires back against Trump’s renewed bid to oust her

3 min read . 27 Aug 2026

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said at Wednesday’s press conference that there was nothing “inertial” about the central bank’s decision to hold interest rates steady.

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Warsh spins a good yarn on bringing down inflation, but markets aren’t buying it

4 min read . 30 Jul 2026

US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Investors may pay a price for the Fed’s zipped lip

4 min read . 27 Jul 2026

Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Supreme Court makes it harder for Trump to meddle with the Fed

4 min read . 30 Jun 2026

US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh (AFP)

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Warsh’s words could prove the best tool for fighting inflation.

3 min read . 29 Jun 2026

Most Federal Reserve officials don’t see inflation retreating to 2% for at least three years.

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The Fed must stick to its 2% inflation target. It won’t be easy.

3 min read . 11 Jun 2026

Powell Breaks Silence On Trump Pressure, Warns Politicized Fed Could Threaten US Institutions

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Powell says Fed will lose credibility if president removes officials

3 min read . 01 Jun 2026

Warren Buffett, chairman and former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. (File Photo: 2025)

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What Warren Buffett gets wrong about the Fed’s inflation target

3 min read . 01 Apr 2026

A mother and her daughters walk to find a sledding spot outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday.

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Population growth is stagnating. What that means for economic activity.

4 min read . 30 Jan 2026

Fed officials most certainly will pore over this week’s data points before their next rate-setting meeting at the end of January.

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It’s a big week for jobs data. What it could mean for the Fed and rates.

3 min read . 07 Jan 2026

While tariffs didn’t take a huge toll on employment, the effects are more noticeable in the current weak labor environment. (Getty Images via AFP)

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Tariffs crimped hiring in 2025. Why this year looks better.

3 min read . 03 Jan 2026

President Donald Trump addressed the country Wednesday night, crediting his policies for making the nation “stronger than ever before. (Photo: Pool via Reuters)

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Trump says US poised for economic boom. The numbers tell a different story.

4 min read . 18 Dec 2025

Producing statistics is labor-intensive, and the current methods don’t always yield timely, bulletproof information. (AFP)

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The US needs better data. Why we fell behind and how we can catch up.

7 min read . 23 Nov 2025

The U.S. added just 22,000 jobs to payrolls in August. (AFP)

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Employers need certainty around tariffs, not lower rates

3 min read . 06 Sept 2025

The Fed’s renovation project is meant to modernize the Marriner S. Eccles building, the central bank’s headquarters since 1937.. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo (REUTERS)

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Rooftop gardens, marble halls: Trump allies attack Powell over Fed renovations

4 min read . 11 Jul 2025

Immigrants wire home billions of dollars each year.

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Taxing the money immigrants send home would hurt economies here and abroad

3 min read . 03 Jun 2025