Tag: Inflation

Inflation eased in February but remained stubbornly high, presenting a challenge for the Federal Reserve as it confronts how to ...

U.S. hiring grew solidly in February as employers added 311,000 jobs. Unemployment rose to 3.6%.Last month’s job growth, reported by ...

WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of testimony after he told ...

WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said strong and sustained economic activity to start this year could prompt central bank officials ...

The next economic downturn has become the most anticipated recession in recent U.S. history. It also keeps getting postponed. The ...

Operators of hotels, bars and restaurants—hit hard as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold—are now among the country’s fastest-growing employers, offsetting ...

Inflation firmed and consumers stepped up spending in January, likely leaving the Federal Reserve on track to keep raising interest ...

U.S. imports rose in December as demand for consumer goods and autos picked up, partially offsetting a weakening in global ...

The cushion of savings many built up during the pandemic is thinning out. In some households, it is already gone.Americans ...

Fresh signs of a hot U.S. labor market leave the Federal Reserve on course to raise interest rates by a ...