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Randal Quarles, vice chairman of supervision at the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. The event brings together individuals with the capital, power, and influence to change the world and connects them with those whose expertise and creativity are reinventing health, finance, technology, philanthropy, industry, and media. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

Randal Quarles to resign from Federal Reserve board in December

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell: ‘Pandemic recession has particularly hurt women’

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White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks about unemployment during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on November 4, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. employment rate rebounds in October with 531,000 new jobs

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Federal Reserve to start tapering bond purchases as inflation risk rises

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Text reading Now Hiring in window of restaurant in San Ramon, California, August 21, 2021. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Unemployment claims fall for a third straight week to 290,000

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A now hiring sign sits on a display in a clothing store Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Unemployment claims fall to a pandemic low 293,000

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 in Washington. Powell is defending the ultra-low interest rate policies he has pursued since the pandemic decimated the economy more than 18 months ago. He acknowledges, however, that inflation has stayed higher for longer than he expected. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Federal Reserve: taper on bond purchases may begin in November or December

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This Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, photo shows a Social Security card in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 5.9% boost in benefits next year

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FILE – People shop at a Johnny Was clothing store in the luxury wing at the American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, N.J. on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, grew again in September even as supply chain troubles persisted. The Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 that its monthly survey of service industries rose to a reading of 61.9, following August’s reading of 61.7. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)

Inflation matches 13-year-high in September, outpacing workers’ pay gain

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In this July 21,2021 photo, a consumer shops at a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill. U.S. consumer spending accelerated in August despite the surge in COVID cases, while the additional demand combined with supply shortages kept inflation high. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. consumer spending went up 0.8% in August despite inflation and surging COVID cases

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 in Washington. Powell is defending the ultra-low interest rate policies he has pursued since the pandemic decimated the economy more than 18 months ago. He acknowledges, however, that inflation has stayed higher for longer than he expected. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Fed Reserve chair defends low-interest rate policies, says inflation will remain high

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Federal Reserve Bank Of Dallas President Robert Kaplan

Two Fed officials to step down after criticism over stock trades

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Eric Rosengren, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, listens during a Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. The event was entitled Should the Fed Stick with the 2 Percent Inflation Target or Rethink It. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren retires early citing health reasons

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Fed chair Jerome Powell

Fed chair Powell hears from businesses on supply-chain challenges and worker shortage

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Marriott human resources recruiter Mariela Cuevas, left, talks to Lisbet Oliveros, during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs. Applications for jobless aid rose from 312,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday, Sept. 16. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Unemployment claims rise to 332,000 from a pandemic low

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