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Powell Probe Isn't Being Reopened, Blanche Says

The US Justice Department isn't reopening a criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for cost overruns related to the central bank's building renovation project. During an interview with Bloomberg's Myles Miller, Attorney General Todd Blanche says the department didn't rule out continuing to look into the project's oversight and potentially take action if evidence of wrongdoing came to light.

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Soaring Student Loan Bills Deepen Affordability Woes

Bloomberg's Sarah Foster joins Scarlet Fu an Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." Heading into the November midterm elections, frustration over affordability issues has largely focused on rising fuel, food and housing costs. But for millions of Americans, those expenses are piling on top of another threat to their household budgets: surging student loan bills.

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Traders Waver on Bets For Another Rate Hike This Year

Bond traders are betting so heavily that more interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve are on the horizon that even the anticipated slowdown in job growth is unlikely to significantly alter the outlook. Kitty Richards, senior fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative and a former Treasury official, joined Balance of Power and said the biggest problem for families is that "we're seeing real wages continue to decline.

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