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Category: United States Economy
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Unemployment Casts a Shadow Over California’s Economy
Tech layoffs, fallout from Hollywood strikes and an uptick in rural joblessness challenge a state with one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates.
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High Mortgage Rates Leave Biden Searching for Housing Relief
The president and his team are seeking ways to help Americans afford to rent and buy homes, as high borrowing costs dampen views of the economy.
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Shrinkflation 101: The Economics of Smaller Groceries
Have you noticed your grocery products shrinking? Here’s how that gets counted — and what gets missed — in inflation data.
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Economic Dividend of Immigration Faces Legal and Logistical Hurdles
Immigrants aided the pandemic recovery and may be crucial to future needs. The challenge is processing newcomers and getting them where the jobs are.
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A Key Inflation Measure Moderated in January
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure continued to cool on an annual basis, even as a key monthly gauge nudged higher.
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Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight
Costlier vehicles and repairs are pushing premiums higher even as the increase in U.S. consumer prices is tapering overall.
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Divisions Among Finance Ministers Flare Over Seizing Russian Assets
France’s finance minister, Bruno LeMaire, said there was no legal rationale for giving the Russian central bank funds to Ukraine.
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An Emboldened F.T.C. Bolsters Biden’s Efforts to Address Inflation
With few unilateral options and little hope of legislation from Congress, the president’s early investment in competition policy could pay a political dividend.
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Rents Are Falling. So Why Isn’t That Showing Up in Inflation Data?
Pandemic disruptions may have muddled the measurement of home prices in government data. That could complicate the Fed’s course on interest rates.
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Biden Targets a New Economic Villain: Shrinkflation
Liberals prodded the president for years to blame big corporations for price increases. He is finally doing so, in the grocery aisle.