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By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 31, 2024
PoliticsInflation’s persistence is killing hope for a Fed rate cut in 2024: ‘This is about stuff that happened in 2021. You cannot go back and change that’
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 29, 2024
FinanceJerome Powell’s Fed is beginning to think its interest rate hikes ‘may be having smaller effects than in the past’
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 22, 2024
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 15, 2024
FinanceJerome Powell says it’s ‘different this time’—and Americans and their mortgage rates are a key reason why
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 14, 2024
By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press and Irina IvanovaMay 14, 2024
FinanceFor Fed president it’s ’just too early to think’ about cutting as economists ask if U.S. interest rates are high enough to beat inflation
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 13, 2024
FinanceInflation and unemployment fears send consumer sentiment tumbling to a 6-month low, adding to red flags from Starbucks, McDonald’s
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 10, 2024
FinanceFederal Reserve says ‘lack of further progress’ on inflation will keep interest rates at 2-decade highs
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 1, 2024
Personal FinanceHow the baby boomer ‘wealth effect’ is driving inflation: it’s ‘the richest retiring generation we’ve ever had’
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressApril 29, 2024
FinanceFed’s favorite inflation gauge accelerated in March, spelling trouble for rate cuts—and Biden’s re-election bid
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressApril 26, 2024
FinancePowell threatens to keep interest rates high ‘as long as needed’ as recent data show it’s ‘likely to take longer than expected’ for inflation to fall
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressApril 17, 2024
FinanceAnother top Fed official warns of higher-for-longer interest rates: ‘Sustainably restoring 2% inflation is not yet done’
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressApril 16, 2024
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressApril 12, 2024
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