The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from members of the powerful Board of Governors since 1993.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order slapping tariffs on many of America's trading partners but the new duties are set to go into effect in seven days.Trump also continues to face questions over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and his relationship with the accused sex trafficker.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the economy is solid — and that it's also too early to tell how tariffs will affect it.

Federal Reserve Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman expressed concerns that the central bank’s hesitance to lower interest rates could risk unnecessary damage to the labor market.

The two Federal Reserve governors who favored an interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting this week said on Friday they did so largely due to rising concerns about the job market, in statements made public just ahead of the release of hiring data that bolstered their position.