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Lisa D. Cook, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, takes a break at the central bank's annual symposium on Friday, August 26, 2022, at Grand Teton National Park in Moran, Wyo. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler)

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Fed tackles inflation with its most diverse leadership ever
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Sat,08/27/22-8:30AM , 438 Reads
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When Diane Swonk first attended the Federal Reserve’s annual economic conference in Jackson Hole in the late 1990s, there was a happy hour for women who attended the event.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, right, walks with with Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard, center, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York president and CEO John Williams, left, at the central bank's annual symposium in Grand Teton National Park Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. in Moran, Wyo. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler)

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Powell: Fed's inflation fight could bring 'pain,' job losses
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Fri,08/26/22-9:46AM , 124 Reads
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning Friday about the Fed’s determination to fight inflation with more sharp interest rate hikes: It will likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Powell: Fed could keep lifting rates sharply 'for some time'
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Thu,08/25/22-7:56PM , 81 Reads
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: The Fed will likely impose more large interest rate hikes in coming months and is resolutely focused on taming the highest inflation in four decades.
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Ash Hermanowski, the food access and operations manager of the Jackson Cupboard, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Hermanowksi hands out meals from a commercial garage downtown after the nonprofit was forced out of a previous location by a malfunctioning sprinkler. As the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole economic symposium gets under way Thursday, some of the very problem federal officials are grappling with – high inflation, soaring home prices, and stark financial inequality – are all too visible in the idyllic mountain setting where the economic conference takes place. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler)

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Inflation's harsh realities on display as Fed officials meet
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Wed,08/24/22-8:14PM , 105 Reads
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — A half-hour drive or so from the resort where the high priests of international finance — leading economists and central bank officials — have convened in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss the world’s economic
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