
Christopher Rugaber
Federal Reserve and Economy Reporter at Associated Press
Covering the Federal Reserve and the economy for the Associated Press. I root for the economy. Contact me on Signal at ChrisRugaber.01 and at [email protected].
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castanet.net | Jill Lawless |Isabella O'Malley |Amanda Seitz |Christopher Rugaber
Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died. He was 69. FBI Director Kash Patel said that Kerik's death Thursday came after an unspecified “private battle with illness.”Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who tapped Kerik as a bodyguard for his 1993 mayoral campaign and later appointed him to lead the NYPD, reflected on their long history on his show Thursday. “We’ve been together since the beginning.
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castanet.net | Isabella O'Malley |Amanda Seitz |Christopher Rugaber |Alexa St. John
Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025. The extreme heat caused illness, death, crop losses, and strained energy and health care systems, according to the analysis from World Weather Attribution, Climate Central and the Red Cross. “Although floods and cyclones often dominate headlines, heat is arguably the deadliest extreme event,” the report said.
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castanet.net | Christopher Rugaber |Alexa St. John |Isabella O'Malley |Julia Frankel
Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press - | Story: 553211President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday and the two discussed the economy but not Powell's outlook for interest rates, the Fed said.
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sfgate.com | Christopher Rugaber
Summer is almost here, so it’s time to show your grass a little bit of love with a gas self-propelled lawn mower PowerSmart, on sale at Walmart for only $298.
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apnews.com | Christopher Rugaber
WASHINGTON (AP) — Los funcionarios de la Reserva Federal acordaron a principios de este mes no realizar movimientos en las tasas de interés mientras evaluaban el impacto de los aranceles del presidente Donald Trump sobre la inflación, el desempleo y la economía en general.
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Fiscal dominance as a Fed mandate. ... hmm

I don’t understand why no one in congress has proposed amending The Federal Reserve act to include the following addition among the mandates “Reducing the federal debt-to-GDP ratio to sustainable levels.” Keep inflation and employment the same , just add to the equation

Atlanta Fed's Tom Barkin says there are risks of higher inflation and higher unemployment, echoing Chair Powell, but said choosing to address one or the other right now would be little better than "guessing." https://t.co/OS33crpFL2

RT @tackettdc: Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC https://t.co/pN3CVRIXzu