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Powell says he can’t guarantee a ‘soft landing’ as the Fed looks to control inflation

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2022. JimWatson | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Thursday that getting inflation under control could cause some economic pain but remains his top priority. Powell said he couldn’t promise a so-called soft landing […]

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Robinhood shares pop more than 20% after Sam Bankman-Fried buys 7.6% stake

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX US Derivatives, testifies during the House Agriculture Committee hearing titled Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models, in Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Tom-Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange FTX, has taken a 7.6% […]

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed by Senate for a second term

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. Powell announced the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by a half-percentage point to combat record high inflation. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images As he and his colleagues engage in a […]

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Wholesale inflation rose 11% in April as producer prices keep accelerating

A worker loads an aluminum coil onto a truck at the Arconic manufacturing facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prices at the wholesale level accelerated further in April, part of a broader inflation problem persisting through the US economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported […]

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Entertainment

Casanova and his wife react to his guilty plea: “The system is crazy”

The rapper has been jailed since December 2020 and claims he has spent four months “in the box”. An update on Casanova’s case has been given, but his plight is far from over. We previously reported on news that Casanova agreed to a plea deal that could land him behind bars for a minimum of […]

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Household debt nears $16 trillion despite rising rates and inflation

Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) joins activists in a demonstration outside an entrance to the White House calling for the cancellation of student debt in Washington, US, April 27, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Even with rampant inflation and rapidly accelerating interest rates, household borrowing climbed to start 2022 and hit a new record, the Federal […]

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Fed’s Waller promises to tackle inflation, says mistakes of the ’70s won’t be repeated

Christopher Waller, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller pledged Tuesday that the rate-setting group wouldn’t make the same mistakes on inflation […]