With mortgage rates and prices high, first-time home buyers find these competing goals aren’t always doable, at least at the same time. Here are points to consider.
Category: Wages and Salaries
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Unemployment Is Low. Inflation Is Falling. But What Comes Next?
Despite hopeful signs, economists worry that a recession is on the way or that the Federal Reserve will cause one in trying to rein in inflation.
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When Your Boss Is an App
Gig work has been silently taking over new industries, but not in the way many expected.
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How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On
The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people on the margins helps everyone else, too.
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You Call This ‘Flexible Work’?
Labor fought for a long time to draw a bright line between work and home. It took almost no time at all to erase it.
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WNBA Draft: Aliyah Boston Goes No. 1 to Indiana Fever
Boston, a senior forward from the University of South Carolina, was the second-ever top pick from her college.
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U.S. Job Growth Eases, but Extends Its Streak
Employers added 236,000 jobs as the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases appeared to take a toll. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent.
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U.S. Job Growth Eases, but Extends Its Streak
Employers added 236,000 jobs as the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases appeared to take a toll. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent.
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The jobs numbers will factor into a complicated calculation for the Fed.
As central bankers contemplate whether to raise interest rates at their meeting in May, slowing hiring and wages may give them comfort.
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Wages May Not Be Inflation’s Cause, but They’re the Focus of the Cure
While fear of a “wage-price spiral” has eased, the Federal Reserve’s course presumes job losses and risks a recession. Some see less painful remedies.
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Job Openings Fell in February, JOLTS Report Shows
The data shows the job market continues to ease off its red-hot pace, but there are still more openings than unemployed workers in the country.
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Broadcast News Is at Center of Fight Over Noncompete Clauses
The New York Times – Business:Job-switching barriers are routine at TV stations, even for workers not on the air. A proposed federal rule would curb the practice across all fields.