Meng Wanzhou's lawyers said President Trump's comments about the case are evidence it is politically motivated.
The Fed doesn't see "a strong case for moving [rates] in either direction" amid weak inflation and solid economic growth.
A decision in a Russia-Ukraine trade dispute rejects an argument Trump has made to justify a 25% tariff on global auto imports.
Fed veterans are concerned Trump is seeking to reshape the central bank with political loyalists Herman Cain and Stephen Moore.
President Trump's tariffs haven't closed the trade gap with China, which rose 11.6% to a record $419 billion in 2018.
David Malpass has criticized the bank's lending policies, raising concerns that he has been selected to push "a U.S.-policy-driven agenda.”
The partial federal government shutdown is stretching into day 17 with no immediate end in sight.
With no agreement on a funding bill apparently in the offing, employees are facing being furloughed or working without pay.
The White House blames increased spending for the mounting deficit but its own data "suggest falling revenues were a far larger contributor."
"While it is tempting to sail alone, countries must resist the siren call of self-sufficiency,” Christine Lagarde says.
“My colleagues and I are doing all we can to keep the economy strong, healthy, and moving forward,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters.
The U.S.-China trade conflict "will remain in an escalatory cycle as the two sides are at a fundamental impasse," one expert says.
