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  • 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
  • Lael BrainardFinance

    Fed vice chair says ‘reassuring’ inflation data means it’s probably time to slow the interest rate hikes

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Neel KashkariFinance

    Fed’s Kashkari says the hot jobs market means the inflation fight isn’t done: ‘We have more work to do to try to cool down the economy’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Businessman shaking handsFinance

    Corporate America is telling us not to worry about a recession with the October jobs report

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A help wanted sign is displayed in Deerfield, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The U.S. government will issue the October jobs report on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)Finance

    Fed will be closely watching U.S. jobs report to see if growth in ‘overheated labor market’ slows to expected 200,000 new hires

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell gives markets whiplash as he ultimately stays the course on fighting inflation: ‘We think we have a ways to go’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at the Federal Reserve Board Building, in Washington. The Federal Reserve may reach a turning point this week as it announces what’s expected to be another substantial three-quarter-point hike in its key interest rate. The Fed’s hikes have already led to much costlier borrowing rates, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Finance

    Fed chair Powell faces one big question as he prepares to announce another big rate rise: Is it time to slow down?

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press