The monthly inflation rate dipped in June for the first time in more than four years, providing further cover for the Federal Reserve to start lowering interest rates later this year.The consumer price index, a broad measure of costs for goods and services across the U.S. economy, declined 0.1%...
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An Aldi supermarket in Alhambra, California, US, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA widely-anticipated inflation report on Thursday may solidify expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in coming months.The consumer price index (CPI) report for June is due out at 8:30...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the "Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2024. Bonnie Cash | ReutersFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday expressed concern that holding interest rates too high for too...
Job seekers attends the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena on June 26, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate for women in the white, Black and Hispanic racial groups rose in June in line with the overall trend, according to...
The breakdown of the June jobs report suggests that growth has become increasingly uneven as the labor market shows signs of softening.U.S. nonfarm payrolls grew by 206,000 in June, according to the Labor Department, but the job gains were narrow. Health care and social assistance added 82,400 jobs, while...
The U.S. economy again added slightly more jobs than expected in June though the unemployment rate increased, the Labor Department reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 206,000 for the month, better than the 200,000 Dow Jones forecast though less than the downwardly revised gain of 218,000 in May, which was...
Job seekers attends the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena on June 26, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWith signs building that the labor market is at least slowing if not something worse, the June nonfarm payrolls report takes on added significance.Payroll...
Private payroll growth edged lower in June, according to a report Wednesday from ADP that indicates a potential slowdown in the U.S. labor market.Companies added 150,000 jobs for the month, below the upwardly revised 157,000 in May and the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 160,000. The total was the...
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell announces that interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the Federal Reserves’ William McChesney Martin building on June 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed satisfaction Tuesday with the progress on...