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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession. With a war raging in Europe and price increases at a four-decade high, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will seek to engineer a “soft landing”: A gradual slowdown in economic activity that helps curb surging price hikes, while keeping the job market and economy expanding. Y...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession

Randy Bauer: Historic levels of federal assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic accounted for Iowa's record state budget surplus.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty – Winston Churchill.

The Winter Games finished with an elaborate closing ceremony and a final flicker of the Olympic flame. Catch up on the highlights here.

Deep in the Great Depression, about 1,000 men attempted to reach Ottawa to reform relief programs. Most didn’t make it but they eventually achieved their aims.

Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States is taking home her fifth career Olympic medal in bobsled. China wins gold in pairs figure skating, and Sweden’s men finally capture a curling gold.

A top Russian official calls Thomas Bach’s comments “inappropriate and wrong.” Eileen Gu wins her second gold, but the U.S. men’s curling team falls in a battle for bronze. Two American sleds could contend in two-woman bobsled.