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  • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – APRIL 04: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell looks on during a Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Annual Conference on April 04, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Powell spoke to participants at the conference about economic outlook regarding interest rates and U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tariffs. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Finance

    Fed minutes show worries over stagflation boogeyman ahead of Trump’s tariffs

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • US President Donald Trump, left, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during an investment announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025.Finance

    Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are ‘ripping up trade’ after decades of precedent. Here’s how tariffs got so lopsided in the first place

    By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on June 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. After a streak of ten interest rate increases, Powell announced that rates will remain steady and unchanged. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Features

    Fed may still cut interest rates this year—but now it could be ‘bad news’ if it does

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • HONG KONG, CHINA – 2024/05/03: Pedestrians walk past the American clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle store in Hong Kong. (Photo by Sebastian Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Finance

    American Eagle’s CEO notes a psychological shift with Gen Z shoppers—and it’s fueled by economic anxiety

    By The Associated Press, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • FILE – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the annual U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, in New York, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Finance

    ‘Stagflation’ is the bogeyman hanging over this week’s Federal Reserve meeting: ‘That’s the tangled web they’re in’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Hands reach inside an egg caseRetail

    Eggs in America are now 60% more expensive than they were last year, report shows

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.Finance

    Fears of a recession are rising as stocks turn down and Trump continues to press tariffs

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump delays most Mexico tariffs for another month after speaking with country’s president: ‘We are working hard, together’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • AUSTIN, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 12: A customer shops for eggs at an H-E-B grocery store on February 12, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Labor Department is expected to report today on January prices as measured by the consumer-price index, with a separate report on wholesale prices delivered tomorrow. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Finance

    Consumers are cutting back spending at the fastest clip in 4 years

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Users on Musk’s X want to use DOGE savings to send $5,000 checks to Americans. Trump ‘loves’ the idea, but can he do that?

    By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks in front of a microphoneFinance

    Fed officials say Trump’s tariffs and migrant deportations could push inflation higher this year

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • (AP Illustration / Jenni Sohn)Finance

    Fed president says central bank needs ‘dust to clear’ before deciding its next interest rate moves

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. President Donald Trump called for lower interest rates, seeking to raise pressure on the Federal Reserve as he moves to implement a second-term economic agenda high on tariffs and expanding tax breaks. Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Rate cuts put on ice as consumer inflation surges to a 9-month high

    By Christopher Rugaber, Irina Ivanova, and others
  • President Donald Trump, left, waves as he boards Air Force One with grandson Theodore, Ivanka Trump’s son, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Finance

    Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday, with reciprocal import duties to follow

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appears before the Senate Budget Committee during a hearing to examine his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)Politics

    Trump budget chief effectively shuts down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordering watchdog to stop nearly all its work

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press