Christopher Rugaber

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  • Jerome PowellFinance

    ‘It’s inexplicable’: Critic rips Fed for missing SVB risk with Wall Street ‘publicly screaming about these very issues for many, many months’

    By Christopher Rugaber, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Is inflation slowing down or speeding up? Both.

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • A worker organizes items at a Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, N.J., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. On Tuesday, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for February. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)Finance

    Why the Fed may not raise interest rates even if inflation stays high

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Customers in line outside Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Monday, March 13, 2023. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has prompted a global reckoning at venture capital and private equity firms, which found themselves suddenly exposed all together to the tech industry’s money machine. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Federal Reserve promises a ‘careful and thorough’ review of how it supervised failed Silicon Valley Bank: ‘We need to have humility’

    By Ken Sweet, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • Joe BidenFinance

    Biden says financial system is safe but all seized banks’ management should get sacked and tougher rules are needed

    By Ken Sweet, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • Signature BankFinance

    Government takes extraordinary steps to ward off banking crisis as 3rd-largest bank failure quickly follows SVB implosion

    By Ken Sweet, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • Now hiringFinance

    Economy adds fewer jobs in February than January blowout and unemployment ticks up, but pressure remains piled on Powell and Fed

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Finance

    Jerome Powell says the Fed hasn’t chosen the size of the next interest rate hike after rampant speculation: ‘No decision has been made on this’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Elizabeth Warren puts Jerome Powell on the spot: ‘What would you say’ to the 2 million people you’re planning to throw out of work?

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  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Washington. When Powell last appeared before Congress, inflation had reached a four-decade high of nearly 9% and showed no sign of easing. This week, Powell returns to Capitol Hill for two days of hearings under far different circumstances.(AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)Finance

    Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s prepared to raise rates ‘higher than previously anticipated’ if the economy stays hot

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell faces a grilling on Capitol Hill as inflation continues to sizzle

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • File – Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Christopher Waller poses for a photo on May 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Finance

    Fed officials are dropping big warnings they could raise rates more than expected as inflation stays stubbornly high

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • A customer looks into a closed Bed Bath and Beyond storeFinance

    Economists revise U.S. recession forecast on the back of a series of resilient economic reports

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 22: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 22, 2023 in New York City. The stock market slightly bounced back at the opening after all three major indexes fell at least 2% at the closing of the market on Tuesday amid the release of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Finance

    Stop dreaming about ‘immaculate disinflation’ because the Fed is probably going to cause a recession, according to a new paper

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • File – Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its February meeting when it raised its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Finance

    Fed policymakers were nearly unanimous about a 25 basis points rate hike just weeks ago. But the inflation picture has become a lot more daunting

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press