Christopher Rugaber

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  • Pierre-Olivier GourinchasEconomy

    ‘It was the internet then, it is AI now’: IMF upgrades U.S. growth outlook but sees ‘echoes’ of late ’90s dot-com boom

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • NobelEconomy

    Economist awarded Nobel prize before his morning coffee or walking his dog: ‘I had no clue that anything like this was going to happen’

    By Kostya Manenkov, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • shopperEconomy

    Trump keeps saying he’s ‘defeated’ inflation but coffee is 21% more expensive and groceries just had their largest non-pandemic jump in a decade

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • CapitolEconomy

    Economy flies blind without jobs data, unemployment claims during government shutdown

    By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • Stephen MiranEconomy

    Trump’s new Fed appointee says fewer immigrants should free up more housing and lower rental costs

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Politics

    Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to oust Lisa Cook from the Fed ahead of crucial interest rate decision

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Stephen Miran testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on his nomination to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on Capitol Hill Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Politics

    Senate confirms Miran as Fed governor right before policy meeting, even as he keeps job as White House adviser

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump's pick to fill a Fed vacancy, Stephen Miran, is surrounded by cameras as he does an interview in front of the white house.Economy

    For the first time since 2019, the Fed could split both ways on a rate decision

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Economy

    Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting fraud claims used by Trump to fire her

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • InflationEconomy

    Inflation shoots higher as Trump tariffs ripple through economy

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpEconomy

    Inspector General to review ‘the challenges that Bureau of Labor Statistics encounters’ collecting economic data

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Ho humEconomy

    The average American hasn’t gotten any richer over the last 5 years after a breakneck 21% boost from 2014-2019

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Politics

    The Fed’s independence is hanging by a thread, and this ‘nuclear’ scenario would signal ‘things are truly going off the rails,’ economists say

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell, Lisa CookEconomy

    Lisa Cook takes out restraining order against Trump as fired Fed official fights to keep her job

    By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • Jerome PowellEconomy

    The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge just came in mostly cool, but hot under the surface again

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press