Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been under pressure from President Trump to lower the central bank's benchmark interest rate.

The Fed may need to cut rates at its next meeting due to growing risks to the economy, including some “unusual” behavior in the job market that could become a cause for concern, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.

Trump ratcheted up his pressure campaign this week, calling on Fed Governor Lisa Cook to resign after a Trump administration official alleged that she had committed mortgage fraud. Cook rebuked the push for her to quit, saying she has “no intention of being bullied to step down from my position because of some questions raised in a tweet.”

Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House’s demands.

Powell's Jackson Hole speech hinted at a September rate cut, but labor concerns and data show high uncertainty. Read why markets rallied, but caution is key.

At today’s economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed could start cutting interest rates as soon as its September meeting. While most eyes are on the impacts on high-yield savings accounts and certificates of deposits,

Wall Street on Friday notched its best day since late May, sparked by Federal Reserve interest rate cut expectations. Fed chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium did not fully commit to cutting rates but did note that the downside risks to the labor market were increasing and that the "baseline outlook and the shifting

Fed Chair Powell sparked a big rally as he signaled the central bank could cut rates in September in his remarks at the Jackson Hole policy symposium.

Minutes after the speech, investors pegged the chances of a quarter-point interest rate cut at 91%, up from a 75% chance assessed one day earlier, according to CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment. Despite the market's positive reaction to Powell's speech, the Fed chair voiced a note of caution for the outlook for the U.S. economy.

Wall Street cheered remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in Jackson Hole opening the door to a rate cut in September.