President Trump pledged to lower costs on “Day 1” as a candidate. His administration now acknowledges it will take more time.

Investors are now betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates just once more this year, a drastic shift in expectations since late 2024.

Goldman Sachs will drop a demand that corporate boards of directors include women and members of minority groups as financial firms backpedal from D.E.I. promises.

Jerome H. Powell is set to testify as inflation risks are resurfacing, regulatory changes are in flux and the Federal Reserve’s policy independence is in the spotlight.

Fewer couples are combining their bank accounts. But that trend may not promote partners’ overall financial health, experts say.

The central bank has halted hiring to align with a White House directive and pulled back its work on climate change.

Rohit Chopra, who led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was known for his aggressive enforcement and expansion of consumer protection laws.

In announcing a $35 billion program to bring inexpensive solar power to some 300 million Africans, officials left out two words: climate change.

Mr. Chopra, long a target of criticism by Republican lawmakers and banks, has not yet been forced out. “I swore an oath to a five-year term,” he said this week.

Michael Grimes, a top banker at Morgan Stanley, would become the latest leading tech figure to join the Trump administration, as a senior official at the Commerce Department.

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.”

Howard Lutnick disclosed details of complex financial interests, holding at least $800 million in assets.

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation.

Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.

In trying to find the line between false statements and misleading ones in the case of a Chicago politician, members of the Supreme Court posed colorful questions.

The largest banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, reported bumper profits on Wednesday.

Sizzling returns may well continue, but our columnist suggests that it would be wise to prepare for the next storm.

The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.

Stubborn inflation, and potential tariffs, make future rate cuts uncertain.

The future of the new rule remains in question, however, with President-elect Donald J. Trump set to return to the White House this month.