https://www.scmp.com/rss/522134/feed The latest news and top stories on Adriana Kugler. Known for her distinguished career in economics and public policy, she resigned from the Federal Reserve Board, on 8 August 2025, to return to Georgetown University as a professor. She has a background in labour economics, having served as Chief Economist of the US Department of Labor and US Executive Director at the World Bank. Her work at the Fed likely involved contributing to monetary policy, financial stability and regional banking. Key... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bloomberg Bloomberg The US Justice Department signalled possible plans to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with a top official informing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of the probe and encouraging him to remove her from the board in a letter sent on Thursday. Ed Martin, a Justice Department official who has led similar investigations into Senator Adam Schiff of California and New York Attorney General Letitia James, told Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that Cook’s case “requires further... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322713/us-justice-department-investigate-federal-reserves-lisa-cook-urges-her-removal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322713/us-justice-department-investigate-federal-reserves-lisa-cook-urges-her-removal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:03:43 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Monday picked a right-wing think tank economist to head the Bureau of Labour Statistics, replacing the commissioner he fired for reducing previously reported job growth estimates. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that he was nominating E.J. Antoni to be commissioner of the bureau. “Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,” Trump said in the post. “I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321536/trump-picks-heritage-foundation-economist-head-us-labour-statistics-bureau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321536/trump-picks-heritage-foundation-economist-head-us-labour-statistics-bureau?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:28:53 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma US President Donald Trump’s nomination of his top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve Board could strengthen the White House’s influence over the central bank and deepen concerns over its independence, analysts said. Stephen Miran, chairman of the Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisers and an architect of its tariff policy, will be nominated to temporarily fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, the US president announced Thursday on social... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3321241/why-trumps-federal-reserve-pick-raising-alarm-over-central-banks-independence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3321241/why-trumps-federal-reserve-pick-raising-alarm-over-central-banks-independence?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:00:16 +0000