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Biden taps Michael Barr for Fed’s bank regulation position

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday he plans to nominate Michael Barr, the dean of the University of Michigan’s public policy school, to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman of supervision. The selection of Barr comes after Mr. Biden’s first choice for the Fed post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, withdrew her …

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White House exploring ways to lower gas prices

As U.S. gasoline prices hover near a 14-year high, the Biden administration is exploring ways to lower fuel costs, from suspending federal gas taxes to further tapping the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. “This is sort of a five-alarm fire at the White House — they are extremely intensely concerned,” Jeff …

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American workers quit their jobs at near

Americans continue to quit at near record highs, with 4.4 million people handing in their resignations last month, according to new government data. At the same time, employers had 11.3 million job openings in February, just shy of a December record of 11.4 million openings.  The data signals that the job …

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