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Gabriel Rubin

Gabriel Rubin is a U.S. columnist for Reuters Breakingviews covering business and economics in Washington, DC. He joined Breakingviews in May 2024 after eight years at the Wall Street Journal, where he covered economics, politics, and financial regulation. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Gabriel Rubin
U.S. Columnist, Washington D.C.
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E-mail: gabriel.rubin@thomsonreuters.com

Recent stories

Trump 2.0 goes warp speed on loyalty drive

Unlike his first term, the US president-elect is making rapid appointments, with personal devotion beating experience or policy views. That explains Fox News host Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon and maybe Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state. But some posts remain hard to fill.
13 Nov 2024
Control of Congress will bolster second Trump term

Winning the House of Representatives as well as the Senate would let the new US president build on his $4 trln 2017 tax cut and pass laws on immigration and healthcare. Republican infighting thwarted bigger changes last time. But the party is now more aligned with Trump’s agenda.
11 Nov 2024
Fed’s victory lap runs into Trump-shaped detour

The FOMC cut rates again, two days after the ex-president was voted back into office. His avowed higher tariffs and renewed tax cuts jeopardize the work that lowered inflation to 2%, alongside 4% unemployment. Threats to central bank independence also add to risks of stagflation.
7 Nov 2024
Trump re-election entrenches global instability

6 Nov 2024
Crypto election gusher has bipartisan payoff

28 Oct 2024
Elon Musk creates a must-win election

25 Oct 2024
Biden’s precise industrial policy may soon mutate

24 Oct 2024
Trump stumbles onto a useful globalist policy

22 Oct 2024
US economy is partying, but voters are hungover

16 Oct 2024
Labor is on the Fed’s side against inflation

10 Oct 2024
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