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Overall Inflation May Be Steady, but Food Prices Tick Up Again
Overall Inflation May Be Steady, but Food Prices Tick Up Again
August 10, 2023  |  Economy

July’s consumer-price index (CPI) showed inflation rising, overall, at a relatively steady pace. But in the devil’s in the details, as they say, and the...

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Analysts: July Jobs Report Suggests Possibility of Economy’s Soft Landing
Analysts: July Jobs Report Suggests Possibility of Economy’s Soft Landing
August 04, 2023  |  Economy

Healthcare, social assistance, financial activities and wholesale trade led the country’s job gains in July. A total of 187,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were added during...

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25 States Experience Near-Record-Low Unemployment
25 States Experience Near-Record-Low Unemployment
July 21, 2023  |  Economy

Unemployment dropped in 11 states in June compared to the previous month, while remaining stable in the other 39 states and the District of Columbia....

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Main Street Small Businesses May See Margin Relief as Producer Prices Fall
Main Street Small Businesses May See Margin Relief as Producer Prices Fall
June 14, 2023  |  Economy

The latest readings on inflation, released Wednesday (June 14), signal some margin relief for Main Street small businesses. And, by extension, consumers may see some...

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Inflation Slows, but Everyday Essentials Still Pinch Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
Inflation Slows, but Everyday Essentials Still Pinch Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
June 13, 2023  |  Economy

Wall Street is parsing the latest inflation data, gaming the odds of another Fed rate hike — or pause. And while the headline data show...

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Auto Sales Slump Could Be a Crisis of the Sector’s Own Making
Auto Sales Slump Could Be a Crisis of the Sector’s Own Making
May 12, 2023  |  Retail

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published a little-noticed piece last month analyzing the part auto dealers’ markups played in new car price tag inflation during...

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US Jobless Claims Rise Along With Labor Costs
US Jobless Claims Rise Along With Labor Costs
May 04, 2023  |  Economy

U.S. unemployment claims climbed last week — as did the cost of labor — as productivity fell. That’s according to government data released Thursday (May...

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Markups by Auto Dealers Helped Fuel Inflation, Government Study Shows
Markups by Auto Dealers Helped Fuel Inflation, Government Study Shows
April 23, 2023  |  Economy

New government research shows that markups on new vehicles helped drive the inflation plaguing consumers. A recent study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...

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US Adds 311,000 Jobs in February, Lagging Behind Six-Month Average
US Adds 311,000 Jobs in February, Lagging Behind Six-Month Average
March 10, 2023  |  Economy

Job growth continued but slowed as the U.S. added 311,000 jobs in February. That gain was lower than the revised 504,000 added jobs reported for...

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