President Donald Trump could be setting up Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a 'scapegoat' if a recession hits, according to an MSU economist.

The dollar renewed its slide against foreign currencies early Monday after markets digested threats by Trump last week to exert greater control over U.S. monetary policy if the Fe

During his four-year term as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, Richard Clarida quickly noticed a trend when it came to President Donald Trump’s comments on monetary policy. Two weeks after the Fed decided to raise interest rates — at Clarida’s first rate-setting meeting at the U.