Olivia Rockeman

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  • People fuel vehicles at a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkFinance

    Inflation is such a hot topic, people are faking Consumer Price Index reports

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • A woman in a grocery storeFinance

    U.S. inflation unexpectedly accelerates to 40-year high of 8.6%

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Construction workersFinance

    U.S. economy shows signs of cooling but shrugs off recession fears with 390,000 job gains in May, ahead of expectations

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Now hiring sign at a bakery in Miami Beach, FloridaSuccess

    May was the slowest month in jobs recovery as private payrolls increased by just 128,000

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Now hiring sign in Los AngelesSuccess

    The Great Resignation kept surging into March, as a record number of workers quit and a record number of job openings got posted

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Shoppers walk through a store at Tysons Corner Mall in Tysons, Virginia, on April 2, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)Personal Finance

    U.S. consumer spending rose 0.2% in March despite surge in prices

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Man walks past help wanted signFinance

    Unemployment claims fall to 166,000, the lowest level since 1968

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Private Sector loss of jobsCareers

    The Omicron wave led the private sector to cut 300,000 jobs in January, ADP data show. It was supposed to add 200,000

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Federal Reserve Building in Washington, DCFinance

    Fed signals liftoff ‘soon,’ sees asset-reduction start afterward

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • A masked waiter clears a table in Miami, Florida, the United States, Aug. 11, 2021. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC on Wednesday published ensemble forecasts indicating the country’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are likely to increase over the next four weeks. (Photo by Monica McGivern/Xinhua via Getty Images)Finance

    September jobs report 300,000 below expectations complicates Fed tightening

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • Freeport, N.Y.: People wear masks while stocking up on groceries at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Freeport, New York on April 3, 2020. (Photo by J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images).Finance

    High prices on household durables lead to worst buying conditions since 1980

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES – 2021/07/27: Signs outside of a Taco Bell franchise announce that it is hiring managers and team members. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Finance

    The U.S. added just 235,000 jobs in August amid Delta surge, labor shortage

    By Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman, and others
  • Shoppers wear protective masks inside a Target Corp. store in New York, U.S., on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Target is scheduled to release earnings figures on August 19. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/BloombergRetail

    U.S. retail sales fell 1.1% in July as Delta variant and inflation threaten economic activity

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg
  • A store advertises a Help Wanted sign in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 12, 2021. – US consumer inflation surged 4.2 percent last month compared to April 2020, the Labor Department said May 12, 2021, posting the biggest year-on-year increase since 2008 as the economy recovered from the pandemic. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    U.S. job openings rose to a record high 9.2 million in May

    By Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman, and others
  • HOLLYWOOD, CA – JULY 01, 2021: Nathaniel Mathis, a waiter at Off Vine restaurant on Leland Way in Hollywood, brings a drink to customer Shiela Murphy, left, sitting with friend Tracey Regenold, in the outdoor patio. They are both from Phoenix, Arizona. Hollywood, the neighborhood, is attempting to recover from pandemic-related business closures and damage caused last year by rioters among demonstrators protesting the murder of George Floyd. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Retail

    U.S. service industries expanded at slower than anticipated pace in June

    By Olivia Rockeman and Bloomberg