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The first Federal Reserve meeting of 2026 is in the books, and Chair Jerome Powell stayed tight-lipped on the central bank’s biggest controversies.From the job market to political tensions, here are Business Insider’s biggest takeaways from the January call to hold rates steady.Economic optimismThe Fed appeared more optimistic about the…

Donald Trump wants Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, to do something Powell doesn’t want to do.Now, Trump’s federal prosecutors are now investigating Powell.That’s the shortest version of the news story that broke Sunday night, when Powell released an extraordinary statement and video, which I urge you to…