In a letter to Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell, Ed Martin, a special attorney for mortgage fraud at the Justice Department, said he had received a criminal referral from the Federal Ho

U.S. stock indexes are edging lower on Thursday as Wall Street makes its final moves before the head of the Federal Reserve gives a highly anticipated speech on Friday that could hint at where interest rates are going.

And Wall Street analysts are worrying that we may be looking at the end of independent monetary policy. To say that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech will be “closely watched” tomorrow is an understatement.

Wall Street is rallying on Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve indicated cuts to interest rates may be coming in a highly anticipated speech, though he gave no clear clue about when.