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  • An employee works in the battery assembly hall at the BMW Spartanburg plant in Greer, S.C.,Finance

    Recession fears and high interest rates didn’t stop stop the economy from growing last quarter—but they might have slowed it down a bit

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Battery workerFinance

    U.S. economy expected to show decent growth in final quarter of 2022

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Washing machines are displayed with other appliances at Sam’s Appliances TV & Furniture, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Norwood, Mass. On Friday the Commerce Department issues its November report on consumer spending. The report contains a measure of inflation that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, which has aggressively tried to corral inflation this year by raising its key lending rate seven times. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Finance

    The PCE index, an inflation measure closely watched by the Fed, slowed to 5.5% in November

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at the Federal Reserve Board Building, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Finance

    Wall Street now thinks the Fed will let the U.S. economy fall into recession if that’s what it takes to stop inflation

    By Paul Wiseman, Stan Choe, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Economists say good riddance to 2022, the year most of them were spectacularly wrong about inflation

    By Paul Wiseman, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    When will the Fed pivot on its interest rate hikes? The latest meeting could be a turning point.

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Mathias Cormann

    The world will avoid a recession in 2023—but just barely, the OECD says

    By Paul Wiseman, David McHugh, and others
  • Shoppers pass by display of Christmas itemsFinance

    All the economic experts are at a loss on the eve of the midterms: ‘The data is all over the map’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Job openings at Bed Bath & BeyondSuccess

    The Great Resignation cools but corporate America’s huge hiring push keeps on chugging

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • American houseFinance

    What recession? The U.S. economy was growing again last quarter, Commerce Dept. estimates

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Workers check Kobe beefFinance

    Even runaway inflation can’t keep the U.S. economy down as GDP is expected to return to growth after 6 months of shrinkage

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Small retailers shop for dry fruits in a wholesale market, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. A record drop in the rupee — on top of higher raw material and shipping costs – has made the nuts much costlier for Indian consumers. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

    How the surging U.S. dollar is making it almost impossible to afford anything in countries around the world

    By Paul Wiseman, Kelvin Chan, and others
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Pierre-Olivier GourinchasFinance

    ‘The worst is yet to come’: IMF slashes global growth forecast, and says the U.S. will take a hit — but Europe will be even worse

    By Paul Wiseman, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • A "Now Hiring" sign is displayed on a shopfrontFinance

    U.S. jobs growth slows and unemployment fell even further

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A sign advertises for help The Goldenrod, a popular restaurant and candy shop, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in York Beach, Maine. The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August 2022 compared with July as businesses grow less desperate for workers, a trend that could cool chronically high inflation. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)Finance

    U.S. job market may be cooling off. Here’s why that may be good news

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press