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U.S. employers added 253,000 jobs in April.

The unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent as the labor market showed enduring strength.

By Lydia DePillis

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Powell Bets the Fed Can Slow Inflation Despite Recession Fears

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, thinks his central bank can defy history to clinch slower inflation and a soft economic landing.

By Jeanna Smialek

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Outside Hollywood Studios, Writers Make Their Case

Those in picket lines at the headquarters of companies like Netflix were critical of working conditions that have become routine in the streaming era.

By Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

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After Pandemic Rebound, U.S. Manufacturing Droops

Factories that roared out of the recession have stalled, hampering the economy, even as a new wave of production looms.

By Lydia DePillis