Christopher Rugaber

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  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell to hint at rate cuts as inflation subsides, but job market challenges emerge

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Kamala HarrisPolitics

    Kamala Harris calls for a ban on price-gouging to battle high grocery costs

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Woman carrying shopping bagsRetail

    Shoppers rushed back to stores last month, quashing fears of consumer pullback

    By Christopher Rugaber, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • Man looking at eggs in grocery storeFinance

    Inflation drops to 3-year low, sealing the deal for Fed to cut rates in September

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • young woman shoppingFinance

    Penny-pinching consumers are slaying inflation, economists say

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • File – A shopper peruses cheese offerings at a Target store on Oct. 4, 2023, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Finance

    Americans are refusing to keep paying high prices and that may be killing the U.S. inflation spike

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Fed chair Powell says a rate cut is close, but we’re ‘not quite’ there yet

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Federal Reserve is seen in Washington, on Nov. 16, 2020. The Federal Reserve is expected to signal this week that it will likely reduce borrowing costs as soon as September 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Finance

    Fed officials expected to cut rates only once in 2024 but now the market is betting on 3 cuts this year

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • woman shopping for clothingFinance

    The worst streak of inflation in 4 decades looks like it’s finally nearing an end

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Inflation is slowing at ‘a pretty good pace,’ Fed’s Powell says

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • SUGAR LAND, TEXAS – DECEMBER 26: Epifania Fanny LarGe, right, cant contain her excitement about shopping at the newly opened Seafood City Supermarket on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 in Sugar Land. Seafood City, Filipino American supermarket chain expanded to Texas with its first location in Sugar Land earlier this month. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)Features

    Consumer prices drop for first time since 2022, giving hope rate cuts are coming

    By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press, and others
  • Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaksPolitics

    Fed says central bank independence is good for the economy as Trump has vowed not to re-up Powell

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, smiles to the crowd during a news conference.Finance

    Fed Chair Jerome Powell says inflation is on the downswing—but don’t expect rate cuts yet

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • An older woman with a shopping cart walks down a grocery store aisle.Finance

    U.S. shoppers can’t shake inflation gloom as consumer sentiment slumps for third straight month

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Fed slaps down rate-cut hopes despite cool inflation report: ‘We’ll need to see more good data’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press