Christopher Rugaber

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  • Jerome PowellFinance

    The top 10% of U.S. households are $28 trillion richer since 2020—and economists are slowly waking up to the spending revolution

    By Christopher Rugaber, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • Woman shopping in a Target store pushing a red cartFinance

    The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge hasn’t changed in two months, indicating a long slog ahead for the economy

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell at a press conference.Finance

    U.S. economy glows red hot with a 4.9% GDP reading for the third quarter

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell doesn’t sound convinced on inflation: ‘A few months of good data are only the beginning of what it will take’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Germany, portrait of smiling family of father, mother, toddler boy and girl sitting on blue blanket in garden in front of modern design house with glass facadeFinance

    The massive inflation of housing and the stock market has made the average American household worth $193,000, Federal Reserve finds

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • ShopperFinance

    Inflation barely budged in September—but it’s still a ways off from the Fed’s magic 2% target

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Philip Jefferson, vice chair of the Federal ReserveLeadership

    Fed may leave interest rates untouched at next meeting because surging bond yields are doing the bank’s work for it, two officials say

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenFinance

    Economy roars with stronger than expected 336,000 jobs added in September

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    The greatest threat to the Fed’s ‘soft landing’ is actually the Fed. It’s ‘higher for longer’ interest rates are driving up bond yields and cracking the economy

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell, Kevin SchreiberFinance

    Jerome Powell gets an earful on the ground from small business owners, including the head of Sweet Mama’s Mambo Sauce

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Inflation, still a ways off from the Fed’s 2% target, is barely budging as one economist sees a ‘golden path’ developing

    By Christopher Rugaber, Will Daniel, and others
  • Crowds of people move through parts of the newly renovated Penn StationFinance

    How the U.S. job market defied rising interest rates and predictions of high unemployment

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, walks the grounds at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Powell said the US central bank is prepared to raise interest rates further if needed and intends to keep borrowing costs high until inflation is on a convincing path toward the Fed’s 2% target. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Fed leaves interest rates unchanged in its inflation fight. But stay tuned for a possible increase later this year as oil prices soar

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenFinance

    There was another hot inflation read in August—wholesale prices surging 1.6%

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Gas prices on display at a petrol station in La Puente.Finance

    Gas prices fuel jump in U.S. inflation

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press