Wall St ends sharply lower amid Trump's tirade against Fed's Powell

Wall Street seems to have decided that Trump is mentally unstable

I want to suggest today that what we are seeing on Wall Street and in markets around the world is the sudden realization that the president is mentally unstable – that he has dementia, probably – and as a result of that realization, investors no longer have any faith in Donald Trump. Yes, I know. The conventional explanation for why markets have been tanking is the realization that Trump really meant what he said on the campaign trail, and tha…

We’re suddenly talking about the Great Depression when discussing Trump’s stock market

Stocks are on the rebound Tuesday, bouncing back from another miserable day on Wall Street. But American financial markets are sounding all sorts of alarm bells that one day in the green can hardly overcome.

There were tensions between US presidents and the Federal Reserve before Donald Trump was in power. Lyndon B. Johnson once attacked the central bank's independence.

Trump's latest threat could throw the world economy into upheaval

Can Trump fire Powell? The stock market ended down again Monday over President Donald Trump's threat to fire the Federal Reserve chair and upend the economy.

Analysis | Congress sees escape hatch in governor’s races

In today’s edition … members of Congress are running home for statewide office ... Wall Street is still feeling nervous as Trump feuds with Powell.

Wall Street shockwaves continue after Trump's latest attacks on Fed

The president of the United States once again targeted the Federal Reserve, the American central bank. The result was investor panic, causing a stock market drop, an interest rate hike and a dollar downturn.