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Christopher Rugaber

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economy
Economy
Meet a 32-year-old who quit her job a year ago and is still looking after 700 applications and counting in the ‘low-hire, low-fire’ job market
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressNovember 7, 2025
Jerome Powell
Economy
Inflation is still ‘the dog that didn’t bark’ as delayed CPI report shows cooler-than-expected rise to 3%
By Christopher Rugaber, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressOctober 24, 2025
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Economy
‘It was the internet then, it is AI now’: IMF upgrades U.S. growth outlook but sees ‘echoes’ of late ’90s dot-com boom
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressOctober 14, 2025
Nobel
Economy
Economist awarded Nobel prize before his morning coffee or walking his dog: ‘I had no clue that anything like this was going to happen’
By Kostya Manenkov, Christopher Rugaber, Mike Corder, David McHugh and The Associated PressOctober 13, 2025
shopper
Economy
Trump keeps saying he’s ‘defeated’ inflation but coffee is 21% more expensive and groceries just had their largest non-pandemic jump in a decade
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressOctober 12, 2025
Capitol
Economy
Economy flies blind without jobs data, unemployment claims during government shutdown
By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressOctober 3, 2025
Stephen Miran
Economy
Trump’s new Fed appointee says fewer immigrants should free up more housing and lower rental costs
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 22, 2025
Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to oust Lisa Cook from the Fed ahead of crucial interest rate decision
Politics
Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to oust Lisa Cook from the Fed ahead of crucial interest rate decision
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2025
Senate confirms Miran as Fed governor right before policy meeting, even as he keeps job as White House adviser
Politics
Senate confirms Miran as Fed governor right before policy meeting, even as he keeps job as White House adviser
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2025
President Donald Trump's pick to fill a Fed vacancy, Stephen Miran, is surrounded by cameras as he does an interview in front of the white house.
Economy
For the first time since 2019, the Fed could split both ways on a rate decision
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2025
Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting fraud claims used by Trump to fire her
Economy
Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting fraud claims used by Trump to fire her
By Lindsay Whitehurst, Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 13, 2025
Inflation
Economy
Inflation shoots higher as Trump tariffs ripple through economy
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 11, 2025
Donald Trump
Economy
Inspector General to review ‘the challenges that Bureau of Labor Statistics encounters’ collecting economic data
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 10, 2025
Ho hum
Economy
The average American hasn’t gotten any richer over the last 5 years after a breakneck 21% boost from 2014-2019
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 9, 2025
The Fed’s independence is hanging by a thread, and this ‘nuclear’ scenario would signal ‘things are truly going off the rails,’ economists say
Politics
The Fed’s independence is hanging by a thread, and this ‘nuclear’ scenario would signal ‘things are truly going off the rails,’ economists say
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 31, 2025
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