Christopher Rugaber

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  • Jerome PowellFinance

    America is starting to feel pretty, pretty good about avoiding the whole recession thing

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • David Malpass

    ‘This is going to be a tough year’: The World Bank says we’re ‘perilously close’ to a global recession

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Now hiring posterFinance

    American companies just keep hiring, adding another 233,000 jobs in December as unemployment falls to 3.5%

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • GrinchesPersonal Finance

    Americans feel the Grinch pinch as retail sales fall heading into prime holiday shopping season

    By Christopher Rugaber, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • FILE – A shopper leaves a Walmart after attending a Black Friday sale Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Shawnee, Kan. The Federal Reserve is set to raise its benchmark short-term rate on Wednesday, Dec. 14, for a seventh time this year, though by a smaller amount than it has recently. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)Finance

    Fed is expected to end massive interest rate hikes with half-point increase Wednesday

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • People pushing grocery carts in a parking lot.Finance

    A cooler-than-expected CPI report shows that inflation keeps slowing down

    By The Associated Press and Christopher Rugaber
  • A BMW factory worker inspects equipmentFinance

    The labor force is smaller than you think and that’s making the Fed very nervous

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Wholesale food goodsFinance

    Prices for wholesale goods slowed for the fifth straight month in November, another key sign inflation has peaked

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Construction workers repairing a street.Finance

    You just can’t keep a strong labor market down: Employers added 263,000 jobs despite Fed rate hikes

    By The Associated Press and Christopher Rugaber
  • Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome PowellFinance

    Fed chair Jerome Powell is hoping for a hiring slowdown to fight inflation in November jobs report

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • James BullardFinance

    Fed official Bullard sends shivers into stocks by warning rate hikes may have to go much higher

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Christopher WallerFinance

    Fed governor joins chorus suggesting interest rates could slow, but he ‘will not be head-faked by one report and will continue to watch the data’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Best BuyFinance

    The American consumer was strong in October, as retail sales rise 1.3% heading into the crucial holiday season

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Producer pricesFinance

    Wholesale inflation slows for a fourth straight month in the latest sign of price pressures easing

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. This year’s conference theme is “The Search for Stability in an Era of Uncertainty, Realignment and Transformation.” Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Fed banking regulator to Congress after FTX’s implosion: The crypto industry needs ‘strong guardrails’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press