Commuters arrive into the Oculus station and mall in Manhattan on November 17, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Many restaurants and hotels in city downtowns are seeing sales come b...
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Strong Labor Market Lends Itself To More Fed Hikes, But Not For Long
Pedestrians walk past a Now Hiring sign in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via … [+] Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Friday’s amazing job numbers — which continue to hit i...
Unemployment Is Low, But So Is The Labor Force Participation Rate — What’s Going On In The U.S. Labor Market?
Getty Images Key takeaways Unemployment has consistently fallen since December 2021 One factor behind declining unemployment could be a slow recovery in the labor force participation rate since the on...
How Inflation Data Hinges On A Statistical Quirk For Housing Costs
SAN FRANCISCO – JUNE 06: Calculation of CPI inflation includes a lagged, panel format for housing … [+] costs understanding how it works is crucial to estimating 2023 inflation. (Photo by ...
Wholesale Inflation Report Update: December 2022
| Getty Images Key Takeaways Wholesale inflation is tracked in the U.S. using the Producer Price Index (PPI). In the latest report, final demand for goods rose 0.3% for the month and 7.4% year-over-ye...
Is CPI Inflation Really Coming Down? Four Reasons To Be Worried About The Next Ten Years
The bond market is guessing that inflation will average 2.2%. Is this foolish? Supply chain, Bayonne, N.J. (Photo by Spencer Platt) Getty Images Today’s CPI number will be not too horrible. Moreover, ...
This Week’s Job Report Presents Mixed News For Investors
Getty Images Key takeaways Thursday’s jobs report and unemployment report found that November’s numbers performed slightly better than expected Meanwhile, last week’s jobless claims rose roughly in li...
Understanding The Producer Price Index And Consumer Price Index As An Investor
| Getty Images Key Takeaways The PPI measures the change in selling prices received by domestic vendors and represents the cost of producing goods. The CPI measures the change in prices consumers pay ...
Number Of Open Jobs In U.S. Fell In May — Here’s What It Means For The Labor Shortage
Topline Job openings continued to dwindle for the second straight month, while the number of hires and discharges remained steady, according to new data for the month of May from the Bureau of Labor S...
Looking Behind The Headlines On Food Price Increases
Woman cashier in a supermarket, Mendoza Plaza Shopping. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal … [+] Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images There is no bigger sto...