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Nick Timiraos

ARTICLES BY NICK TIMIRAOS

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference (REUTERS)

Powell investigation upends final stretch of Fed Chair contest

6 min read . 16 Jan 2026

Philly Fed President Anna Paulson said she could favor cutting rates modestly later this year.

Philly Fed’s Paulson says rate cuts can wait, shows support for Powell

4 min read . 16 Jan 2026

Jerome Powell's response was wrapped in a directness that he had spent years avoiding. (Reuters)

For years, Powell avoided fighting Trump. That’s over.

5 min read . 12 Jan 2026

Powell said the investigation was a pretext as part of President Trump’s ongoing campaign to pressure the Fed to lower interest rates.

Fed received Justice Department subpoena threatening criminal indictment

1 min read . 12 Jan 2026

Beth Hammack, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, (Bloomberg)

Fed’s Hammack is inflation-wary and prefers holding rates steady into the spring

2 min read . 21 Dec 2025

Waller was named to the Fed’s board by Trump and confirmed by the Senate at the end of Trump’s term in 2020. (Bloomberg)

Trump set to interview Fed’s Christopher Waller for chair

2 min read . 17 Dec 2025

$Fed’s fractured vote signals trouble ahead for future rate cuts$ Premium

Fed’s fractured vote signals trouble ahead for future rate cuts

6 min read . 11 Dec 2025

Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he had narrowed down the list of candidates to one. (REUTERS)

Trump’s aides cancel Fed chair interviews as President homes in on pick

3 min read . 03 Dec 2025

Hassett’s proximity to the president has paid dividends since other contenders haven’t had the same opportunity to prove their loyalty to Trump. (REUTERS)

Why Kevin Hassett is winning the Fed chair race before it has ended

5 min read . 02 Dec 2025

This “cut then hold” approach would mirror what Powell did in late 2019 when, like now, three cuts met meaningful resistance from his colleagues. (REUTERS)

Fed Chair Powell’s allies provide opening for December rate cut

4 min read . 25 Nov 2025

Daly said the Fed shouldn’t hold off on cutting rates now out of fear it may need to reverse course later. (REUTERS)

Fed’s Daly backs December rate cut, citing vulnerable labour market

3 min read . 25 Nov 2025

President Donald Trump and his allies have accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of dragging his feet on interest-rate cuts.. (File Photo: AP)

Fed divisions show Powell isn’t Trump’s biggest hurdle to a rate cut

6 min read . 22 Nov 2025

When policymakers agreed to cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point in September, 10 of 19 officials, a slim majority, penciled in cuts for October and December. (REUTERS)

The Fed is increasingly torn over a December rate cut

7 min read . 12 Nov 2025

Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Fed cuts rates by another quarter point, but data blackout obscures path ahead

5 min read . 29 Oct 2025

The Trump administration had asked the court to remove Cook before lower courts resolved her lawsuit fighting Trump’s dismissal attempt. (REUTERS)

The Supreme Court just became the last line of defence for Fed independence

6 min read . 02 Oct 2025

Cook’s legal challenge has become the defining battle in Trump’s effort to reshape the relationship between the White House and the Fed. (AFP)

Fed independence reaches its moment of truth as Supreme Court weighs Cook’s fate

6 min read . 26 Sept 2025

The Fed is navigating an extraordinary challenge to its traditional independence on top of both weaker growth and sticky inflation. (Bloomberg)

Powell’s last stand: Balancing a tricky economy and intense political pressure

5 min read . 18 Sept 2025

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (AFP/Getty Images)

Fed cuts rates by quarter point and signals more are likely

4 min read . 17 Sept 2025

Since becoming chair in 2018, Powell has faced three dissents at a policy meeting just once. (REUTERS)

Fed divisions thrust Powell into uncharted territory

4 min read . 17 Sept 2025

US President Donald Trump (File photo) (Reuters)

Trump is making strides in his takeover of the Fed

5 min read . 05 Sept 2025