US inflation increases in December; consumer spending robust
U.S. inflation increased by the most in eight months in December amid robust consumer spending on goods and services, ...
Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to lower costs
Most Gulf stock markets ended subdued on Wednesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's shock statement about taking ...
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Job numbers, inflation leaving room for Fed to hold rates
Slowing but healthy US job growth, combined with rising inflation expectations, supports the Federal Reserve’s inclination to ...
Trump inherits a labor market at full employment. Can he keep it there?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes as ...
Wildfires, snow and holiday shopping. Here’s what likely influenced Friday’s jobs numbers
Trump, via the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency, is in the process of gutting some federal agencies.
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No clear signal for Fed as unemployment rate drops to 4%
Employers added fewer workers than anticipated last month, but upward revisions to previous estimates drove down the jobless ...
Why the labor market could be the only hope for another Fed rate cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears confident in the US labor market. But that means any signs of a slowdown could ...
WA Labor has thumping Newspoll lead a month before election; federal Labor improves
Labor is in a strong position ahead of the WA election, while federal Labor has also received some better news from the ...
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US adds 143K jobs in January in hiring slowdown; unemployment drops to 4%
US employers added 143,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate dipped slightly, according to the Labor Department — ...
Hutchinson School Board stares down new budget cuts
For the third year in a row, Hutchinson Public Schools may have to make cuts to keep its budget in line in the face of declining enrollment, inflation and growing expenses. At a quarterly meeting last ...
Who’s feeling inflation the most? A glimmer of hope for hardest-hit Australians
Working households are feeling the lowest price pressures since 2020, as inflation eased across the country and even went ...
Inflation rose to 2.6% in Fed’s preferred gauge in December
Inflation rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 2.6% for the year ending in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday in an update to the personal consumption expenditures index, the ...