Tag: Inflation (Economics)

Strong Wage and Jobs Growth Keeps Fed on Track for Big Rate Increase

A surprisingly robust June employment report reinforced that America’s labor market remains…

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Biden Promised to Stay Above the Fray, but Democrats Want a Fighter

WASHINGTON — Forty-eight hours after a horrific mass shooting on the Fourth…

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Fed Moves Toward Another Big Rate Increase as Inflation Lingers

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve, determined to choke off rapid inflation before…

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At June Meeting, Fed Officials Worried Inflation Would Become Entrenched

Federal Reserve officials made their biggest interest rate increase since 1994 at…

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Veterans of Carter-Era Inflation Warn That Biden Has Few Tools to Tame Prices

WASHINGTON — When inflation surged in the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter…

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Martin Guzmán, Argentina’s Economy Minister, Abruptly Quits

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentina’s economy minister abruptly resigned on Saturday night,…

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Income and Spending Rose Less Than Prices in May

Americans’ income and spending failed to keep pace with rising prices in…

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Pessimism about the economy is growing, a U.S. poll shows.

Americans are becoming more pessimistic about the economy, more worried about inflation…

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Highest Mortgage Rates Since 2008 Housing Crisis Cool Sales

For the past two years, anyone who had a home to sell…

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