Christopher Rugaber

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  • hassettBanking

    Fed chair favorite Kevin Hassett on potential independence from Trump: ‘His opinion matters if it’s good, if it’s based on data’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A JetBlue logo is displayed on the side of a jet as it taxis at Boston’s Logan International Airport, Jan. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)Politics

    JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids midair collision with U.S. Air Force tanker. ‘They passed directly in our flight path’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • PowellEconomy

    Trump slams Fed’s third-straight rate cut as ‘too small,’ saying he wishes it was twice as large

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • BessentBanking

    ‘We’re going to veto them’: Bessent backs new rules to give White House more power over Federal Reserve

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • dollarsEconomy

    The K-shaped economy means inflation hurts at the bottom and swells the assets at the top

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • joblessEconomy

    ‘Low-hire, low-fire’ economy grinds on as lower-than-expected jobless claims suggests layoffs aren’t spiking

    By Christopher Rugaber, Nick Lichtenberg, and others
  • consumer confidenceEconomy

    Government shutdown sends consumer confidence plunging to April ‘liberation day’ levels

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • retail salesEconomy

    Retail sales creep up 0.2% in September from August as delayed report shows economy crawling forward

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Scott BessentEconomy

    Trump urges Scott Bessent to take Fed chair role, ‘but he wants no part of it, he likes being secretary of the Treasury’

    By Christopher Rugaber, Josh Boak, and others
  • BowmanBanking

    Fed wins banking industry praise for new guidelines on supervision of financial system

    By Christopher Rugaber, Ken Sweet, and others
  • Jerome PowellEconomy

    Fed speeches reveal split that puts rate cut in jeopardy: persistent inflation vs ‘low-hire, low-fire’ labor market

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Lisa CookLaw

    Fed governor accused of mortgage fraud blasts case as ‘baseless,’ based on ‘one stray reference’ about a primary residence

    By Christopher Rugaber, Brian Slodysko, and others
  • JobsEconomy

    Jobs disaster—or mediocrity—to be revealed with September jobs report finally set to drop Thursday

    By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.Economy

    How the federal government hurt the economy: $11 billion vanishes with 1.25 million unpaid and 2,000 canceled flights

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • economyEconomy

    Meet a 32-year-old who quit her job a year ago and is still looking after 700 applications and counting in the ‘low-hire, low-fire’ job market

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press