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U.S. employers posted 7.8 million vacancies in May, The Labor Department reported Tuesday, up from 7.4 million in April.
The U.S. Labor Department's economic statistics arm said on Wednesday it was reducing the Consumer Price Index collection sample in areas across the country due to resource constraints, but the move ...
Inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months on the back of the Trump administration's import tariffs.
Federal government staffing shortages from Trump administration hiring freezes have forced the Labor Department's economic statistics arm to curtail the breadth of its data collection for one of ...
Wall Street economists largely agree that annual headline inflation will stay above 2.4%, keeping it above the Fed's 2% threshold for rate cuts—a trend many link to the tariff-driven spike in April.
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, but work opportunities are becoming ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects ... Trump on Iran as GOP backs his strikes on nuclear sites Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed ...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday it has been collecting less data for its crucial consumer price index, the primary gauge of U.S. inflation, citing insufficient "resources." In ...
A separate report from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the producer price index for final demand rose 0.1% in May after a revised 0.2% decline in April.
Some GOP senators criticized Powell, however, for characterizing tariffs as a potential driver of inflation. Sen. Pete ...