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  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell participates in a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight CouncilFinance

    The U.S. economy has powered ahead despite Fed hikes. So will Jerome Powell be forced to keep interest rates higher for longer to tame inflation?

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 26, 2023. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points to the range of 5.25-5.5 percent, the highest level in over two decades, as it continues to ramp up its fight against inflation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images)Finance

    Fed says more interest rates hikes may be needed to tame inflation, despite ‘tentative signs’ the threat is abating

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The U.S. Capitol Building looms behind flags on the National Mall in Washington Nov. 7, 2022. Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government’s credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance” over the past two decades.(AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)Finance

    Everything you need to know about Fitch’s downgrade of U.S. debt

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • QAnon ShamanFinance

    One of the reasons Fitch slashed America’s credit rating was the Jan. 6 insurrection over 2 years ago, source says

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    U.S. job openings drop to lowest point in over 2 years—but still a massive 9.6 million

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Federal Reserve raises key interest rate to highest level since 2001

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Is the Fed really about to raise rates to the highest level since 2001? Here’s why Jerome Powell is almost definitely prepping another hike

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell is gathering the Fed this week with the elusive ‘soft landing’ in sight—here’s how close the economy is to dodging recession

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • HarvardFinance

    Harvard, Stanford, other elite schools linked to racist, sexist messages posted for years on Economics Job Market Rumors website

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • American shopperFinance

    Inflation hits 3% in June, lowest level in over 2 years

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Economists say the soft landing is real after ‘kind of a Goldilocks report’ on jobs and hiring

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Businessman analysing forex trading graph financial dataFinance

    U.S. hiring slowed more than expected but employers still added 209,000 jobs in June

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Powell says the Fed missed the SVB crisis because of ‘the natural human tendency to fight the last war’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Customers shop at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Monday, June 12, 2023. The most-anticipated recession probably in modern U.S. history still hasn’t arrived. Despite higher borrowing costs, thanks to the Federal Reserve’s aggressive streak of interest rate hikes, consumers keep spending, and employers keep hiring. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Finance

    Economists scrambling to justify their recession predictions floated ‘rolling’ or ‘richcession’ theories, but maybe they were just wrong

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell tells Congress we have a ‘long way to go’ on inflation and the Fed will decide on interest rates ‘meeting by meeting’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press