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First Citizens BancShares slides after downbeat annual interest income forecast
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1 min read24 Jan 2026Has Donald Trump finalised Jerome Powell's successor as next Fed Chair? ‘We are maybe down to…’
Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, current Governor Christopher Waller, National Economic Council chief Kevin Hassett and BlackRock fixed-income head Rick Rieder are believed to be the four finalists in the race for the post of the next Fed Chair.
1 min read22 Jan 2026Supreme Court balks at Trump’s push to control the Fed
Most of the justices voice skepticism about the president’s bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook.
5 min read22 Jan 2026US Supreme Court signals support for Fed governor Lisa Cook, questions Trump’s firing bid
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was also appointed by Donald Trump, said that allowing her firing ‘would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve.’
2 min read21 Jan 2026Silver rate today: Is silver price getting ready for a big crash after a Hunt Brothers-like rally?
Silver rate today: If the COMEX silver price closes below $85 per ounce without breaking the current peak, then one can assume that white metal rally has peaked out, say experts
4 min read22 Jan 2026Fed turmoil is threatening dollar supremacy just as China pushes the Yuan
Economists see a politicized central bank damaging investor confidence in the U.S. system while Beijing advances in globalizing its currency.
5 min read18 Jan 2026Here's why Donald Trump lashed out at Jamie Dimon, threatened to sue JPMorgan — All you need to know
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Jamie Dimon, chief of JPMorgan Chase and threatened to sue the lender for debanking him following the 6 January Capitol riot in 2021. He also refuted Dimon's claim that the executive for offered the role of Fed chief.
3 min read18 Jan 2026How the attacks on the Fed could backfire
The Trump administration’s push for lower interest rates could forestall expected rate cuts.
4 min read17 Jan 2026Powell investigation upends final stretch of Fed Chair contest
President Trump wants a loyalist. Senators want independence. Backlash to a Justice Department probe highlights how those goals are in conflict.
6 min read16 Jan 2026Michael Bloomberg: The White House attack on Fed independence is a dangerous instance of overreach
The White House’s latest escalation of pressure on the US Federal Reserve marks a new threat to the central bank’s independence. The Trump administration’s myopic focus on short-term policy rates could come at a huge cost—by going against its own goal of cheaper credit over time.
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