Christopher S. Rugaber, Author at Valley News

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 29, 2017, AND THEREAFTER - In this Aug. 3, 2017, photo, packages ride on a conveyor system at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore. While jobs have been lost in brick-and-mortar stores, many more have been gained from e-commerce and warehousing. Amazon accounts for much of the additional employment. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

E-Commerce Could Mean Job Explosion

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterOctober 29, 2017

Washington — When the robots came to online retailer Boxed, dread came too: The familiar fear that the machines would take over, leaving a trail of unemployed humans in their wake.“I had a lot of people asking me, ‘What is going to happen to us?’ ”…

This Tuesday, May 16, 2017, photo shows new town homes under construction in Woodstock, Ga. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for May is released, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

U.S. Home Prices Reach Record High for 6th Straight Month

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterJuly 29, 2017

FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, home equity loan rates are among the loan rates displayed at a bank in North Andover, Mass. U.S. housing equity now equals 58 percent of home values, the highest such point since 2006. Yet borrowing against that equity has barely budged from post-recession lows, which helps explain why consumer spending remains weak eight years after the Great Recession ended. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Home Equity Rebounds, But It’s Harder to Borrow

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterMay 26, 2017

People are reflected in a glass sign of a Telefonica building in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, May 13, 2017. The Spanish government said several companies including Telefonica had been targeted in ransomware cyberattack that affected the Windows operating system of employees' computers. A cybersecurity expert Ori Eisen of Trusona says the biggest cyberextortion attack in history is going to be dwarfed by the next big ransomware attack that could be done to crucial infrastructure, like nuclear power plants, dams or railway systems. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Cyberattack Still a Threat

by Sylvia Hui Associated Press, and Christopher S. Rugaber Associated PressMay 14, 2017

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One while traveling to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Trump is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama Left Trump With Healthy Job Market

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterFebruary 3, 2017

In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, photo, Asia Howard poses for a photo at St. Johns River Park at sunrise, in Jacksonville, Fla. Howard was stuck in mostly retail and fast-food jobs after graduating high school, unable to get a job in banking, a profession she prized for its steady hours. After further developing her career and computer skills, she landed a job in mortgage lending that paid nearly double what she earned in previous jobs. Howard is now studying for an associate’s degree in business administration at Florida State College at Jacksonville. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

College Grad Pay Gap Highest on Record

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterJanuary 12, 2017

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to Home Depot in Alexandria, Va. Obama came in amid horrendous recession, since then has had 75 months straight months of job growth. The job market has changed in those 8 years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Paychecks See Biggest Gains In 7 Years

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterJanuary 6, 2017

FILE - In this Wednesday Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, job seekers attend a New York Department of Citywide Administrative Services job fair, in New York. On Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, the U.S. government issues the November jobs report. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Jobs Report Affirms Recovery

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterDecember 2, 2016

Job seekers attend the New York Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) 2016 job fair, Wednesday Nov. 2, 2016, in New York. U.S. employers added a decent 161,000 jobs in October 2016 and raised pay sharply for many workers. It was the final major report on a lukewarm but durable economy before Americans choose a new president next week. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Jobs, Pay Up, Not the Spirit Of U.S. Voters

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterNovember 6, 2016

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, a worker leaves a Georgia Department of Labor career center, in Atlanta. On Friday, Aug. 17, 2016, the Labor Department reports on state unemployment rates for July. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Strong Hiring in Presidential Campaign Swing States Could Hurt Trump

by Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics WriterAugust 19, 2016