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In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a shopper wears a mask as she walks through the meat products at a grocery store in Dallas, Wednesday. Wholesale prices, boosted by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May 2021, and are up by a record amount over the past year, another indication that inflation pressures are rising since the economy has begun to re-open following the pandemic lockdowns.

Inflation slows to 0.9% in November in producer price index

Zach Halaschak · December 13, 2023 8:32 am

Inflation falls to 3.1% in November in positive sign for economy

Zach Halaschak · December 12, 2023 1:32 pm

Business economists expect more economic growth and a soft landing. Workers build a home Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in Marshall, N.C. Climate change is increasing billion-dollar disasters, many of them from intensifying hurricanes. Housing developers are now building homes, some of them round, that can resist hurricane-force winds and at the same time generate much less of the emissions that contribute to climate change.

Economy defies recession predictions with 199,000 jobs in November

Zach Halaschak · December 8, 2023 1:30 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why the bond markets are wrong to expect rate cuts early next year

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 8, 2023 10:35 am

Gold prices hit record high and bitcoin surges to highest level in 20 months

Zach Halaschak · December 4, 2023 5:55 pm

The Charging Bull statue is shown in New York's financial district, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. More sharp declines for big tech stocks are dragging Wall Street toward a third straight loss on Tuesday.

Business economists reverse course on recession expectations

Zach Halaschak · December 4, 2023 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Reasons for hope and despair about the housing market

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 1, 2023 10:35 am

Inflation fell to 3% in October in Fed’s preferred gauge

Zach Halaschak · November 30, 2023 1:34 pm

GDP revised up to strong 5.2% growth rate in third quarter

Zach Halaschak · November 29, 2023 1:31 pm

A shopper peruses cheese offerings at a Target store Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

Consumer confidence ticks up in November in first gain after three months of declines

Zach Halaschak · November 28, 2023 4:06 pm

Job openings report. JOLTS report. A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

The obvious and not-so-obvious reasons people are unhappy about the economy

Joseph Lawler · November 24, 2023 11:00 am

Gloom: Consumer sentiment falls and inflation expectations rise

Zach Halaschak · November 22, 2023 4:21 pm