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Inflation remains tame
WASHINGTON - The prices charged by U.S. manufacturers, farmers and other producers were unchanged in August, the latest evidence that inflation is tame.
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Why today's U.S. jobs report could affect American finances
WASHINGTON - With the Federal Reserve edging into the spotlight, today's jobs report for August could trigger eventual changes in Americans' financial lives.
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Still slow going
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Waiting for arrival
WASHINGTON - A new era of higher rates on home and car loans, steeper borrowing costs for businesses and the government - maybe even a bit more return for savers - is about to arrive.
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Inflation steps up
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Unemployment falls to seven-year low
WASHINGTON - U.S. unemployment fell to a seven-year low of 5.3 percent and employers hired at a solid pace in June, but other gauges of the job market drew a bleaker picture: A wave of people stopped looking for work, and paychecks failed to budge.
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GDP shrinks 0.2 percent
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of the year, just not as much as previously estimated. More recent data show that the weakness was largely temporary, with a rebound in the works for the April-June quarter.
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U.S. economy rebounding with solid if unspectacular job gains
WASHINGTON - Rebounding from a dismal start to the year, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid gain that suggested that employers are helping fuel a durable if still subpar recovery.
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Will job growth continue?
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Economy moving forward
WASHINGTON - A sixth straight month of solid 200,000-plus job growth in July reinforced growing evidence that the U.S. economy is accelerating after five years of sluggish expansion.
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