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Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin

Richmond Fed president says it’s not yet clear when the central bank should cut rates. ‘It’s really hard to drive when it’s foggy’

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during an Economic Club of Chicago event in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Powell again stressed the central bank’s focus on preventing potential tariff-driven price hikes from triggering a more persistent rise in inflation. Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Don’t expect the Fed to lower interest rates this week despite string of harsh criticism from Trump

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

Happy salesman showing cars to a couple at the dealership – car ownership concepts

Americans are clamoring to buy big-ticket items before Trump’s tariffs send inflation soaring

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

A close-up of Donald Trump's face

How much deterioration in the world’s largest economy could be traced to Trump’s policies? ‘All of it,’ one economist says

By Paul Wiseman, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 24: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting with Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the Oval Office at the White House on April 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The leaders are expected to discuss security, trade, NATO and the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and calls to cut interest rates could backfire, economists say

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump doubles down on claim he can remove Fed chair Jerome Powell: ‘If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast’

By Christopher Rugaber, Aamer Madhani, and others

FILE – A shopper checks eggs before he purchases at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Inflation cooled last month, but ‘don’t get used to it’: Trump’s tariffs may drive prices even higher, economists warn

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – APRIL 04: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell looks on during a Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Annual Conference on April 04, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Powell spoke to participants at the conference about economic outlook regarding interest rates and U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tariffs. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fed minutes show worries over stagflation boogeyman ahead of Trump’s tariffs

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

US President Donald Trump, left, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during an investment announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025.

Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are ‘ripping up trade’ after decades of precedent. Here’s how tariffs got so lopsided in the first place

By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on June 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. After a streak of ten interest rate increases, Powell announced that rates will remain steady and unchanged. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Fed may still cut interest rates this year—but now it could be ‘bad news’ if it does

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

HONG KONG, CHINA – 2024/05/03: Pedestrians walk past the American clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle store in Hong Kong. (Photo by Sebastian Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

American Eagle’s CEO notes a psychological shift with Gen Z shoppers—and it’s fueled by economic anxiety

By The Associated Press, Christopher Rugaber, and others

FILE – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the annual U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, in New York, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

‘Stagflation’ is the bogeyman hanging over this week’s Federal Reserve meeting: ‘That’s the tangled web they’re in’

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

Hands reach inside an egg case

Eggs in America are now 60% more expensive than they were last year, report shows

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Fears of a recession are rising as stocks turn down and Trump continues to press tariffs

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press

TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump delays most Mexico tariffs for another month after speaking with country’s president: ‘We are working hard, together’

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press