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<title><![CDATA[Christopher Rugaber - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25196.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Christopher Rugaber]]></description><category domain="25196">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Names Economic Team With Yellen at Treasury, Tanden at OMB]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' With unemployment still high and the pandemic threatening yet another economic slump, President-elect Joe Biden is assembling a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s workers and government efforts to address economic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Adds 4.8 Million Jobs as Unemployment Falls to 11.1%]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/02/us_adds_48_million_jobs_as_unemployment_falls_to_111_143600.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring.
The nation has now...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says He'll Sign First-Step China Trade Deal on Jan. 15]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, adding that he will visit Beijing at a later date to open another round of talks aimed at resolving other sticking...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fed's Powell Sees Steady Growth, Signals Pause in Rate Cuts]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expects the U.S. economy to continue growing at a solid pace, though it still faces risks from slower growth overseas and trade tensions.
Powell also said the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Pushes Back on Reports U.S. Will Remove China Tariffs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/11/09/trump_pushes_back_on_reports_us_will_remove_china_tariffs_141702.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed a Chinese official'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s assertion that his administration has agreed to roll back some of the higher tariffs it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s imposed on Chinese goods.
The Chinese official'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' said Thursday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that the two sides had agreed to a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Delays Tariffs on Some Chinese Goods Until December]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/14/trump_delays_tariffs_on_some_chinese_goods_until_december_141010.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Responding to pressure from businesses and growing fears that a trade war is threatening the U.S. economy, the Trump administration is delaying most of the import taxes it planned to impose on Chinese goods and is dropping others altogether.
The announcement...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Fed Choice Stephen Moore Withdraws Amid Controversy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/03/trump_fed_choice_stephen_moore_withdraws_amid_controversy_140238.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Stephen Moore, a conservative commentator whom President Donald Trump had tapped for the Federal Reserve board, withdrew from consideration Thursday after losing Republican support in the Senate, largely over his past inflammatory writings about women.
Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the U.S. Job Market Is Coaxing People In From the Sidelines]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/08/how_the_us_job_market_is_coaxing_people_in_from_the_sidelines_139697.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A surprisingly strong burst of job growth over the past year has led many economists to wonder: Where are all the workers coming from?
As recently as last spring, analysts had worried that hiring would slow as the pool of unemployed shrank. Many employers have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Employers Add Robust 304K Jobs in January]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/01/us_employers_add_robust_304k_jobs_in_january_139349.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' U.S. employers shrugged off last month'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s partial government shutdown and engaged in a burst of hiring in January, adding 304,000 jobs, the most in nearly a year.
The healthy gain the government reported Friday illustrated the job market'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s durability...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S., China Launch High Level Trade Talks Amid Deep Differences]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/30/us_china_launch_high_level_trade_talks_amid_deep_differences_139321.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' U.S. and Chinese negotiators start two days of high-level talks Wednesday aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the global economy.
Yet the odds seem stacked against any...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wages Surge as U.S. Adds a Robust 250,000 Jobs in October]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/02/wages_surge_as_us_adds_a_robust_250000_jobs_in_october_138547.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' U.S. businesses ramped up hiring in October, and wages rose by the largest year-over-year amount in nearly a decade, a combination that is pulling a rising share of Americans into the job market.
In the final major economic report before Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders: Vows to Break Up Banks During First Year in Office]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Middle-Class Squeeze: Costs Rise 32% While Wages Stagnate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/09/25/middle-class_squeeze_costs_rise_32_while_wages_stagnate_124101.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Three years ago, Jason Prosser was stunned to discover the cost of child care for his newborn son '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' so much so that he and his wife postponed having a second child.
The day-care center they found near their Seattle home tops $10,000 a year. Next year, their son,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Promises, Promises: Obama's Mixed Economic Record]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The issue:
The U.S. economy is recovering from the Great Recession but at a modest, uneven pace. Many scars remain visible, particularly an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent. The U.S. has 2.8 million fewer jobs than in December 2007, when the recession began. And average hourly wages have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[157,000 Jobs Created in January, Jobless Rate Rises to 7.9%]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/01/157000_jobs_created_in_january_jobless_rate_rises_to_79_116896.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January and hiring was stronger over the past two years than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady while economic growth sputtered.
The mostly upbeat Labor Department report included one...]]></description>
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