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For More Certainty in Your Retirement Portfolio, Consider Annuities

Higher interest rates made annuities more attractive in 2022. Better quality products are increasingly available, but consumers still need to read the fine print.

By Tara Siegel Bernard

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Strong hiring hints at more work ahead for the Fed, but wages cool.

The Fed is tracking incoming labor figures as it decides how high interest rates need to go and how long they should stay elevated.

By Jeanna Smialek

Federal Reserve System Hiring and Promotion Inflation (Economics) Interest Rates Labor and Jobs Labor Department (US) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Unemployment United States Economy Wages and Salaries

U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January.

The hefty hiring figures defied expectations and underscored the challenges facing the Federal Reserve, which is trying to cool the labor market in its effort to tame rapid inflation.

By Sydney Ember

Federal Reserve System Hiring and Promotion Inflation (Economics) Interest Rates Labor and Jobs Labor Department (US) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Unemployment United States Economy Wages and Salaries

U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January.

The hefty hiring figures defied expectations and underscored the challenges facing the Federal Reserve, which is trying to cool the labor market in its effort to tame rapid inflation.

By Sydney Ember