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  • Customers walk around the Walmart Supercenter, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in North Bergen, N.J. On Friday, the Commerce Department issues its January report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)Finance

    The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge just came in hot and it shows we’re still fighting a raging inflation battle

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Meat packerFinance

    We just got another crucial sign of inflation slowing down—but only sort of

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • An engineer in an orange shirt smiling.Success

    The labor market smashes expectations and stays red hot as the US adds more than a half million jobs

    By The Associated Press and Paul Wiseman
  • Career fairSuccess

    Amid recession fears, American companies still want to hire bigly. Job openings jumped to 11 million in December.

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • HUAI’AN, CHINA – JANUARY 30, 2023 – A chemical enterprise in production in the Industrial park of Huai ‘an City, Jiangsu Province, China, Jan 30, 2023. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)Finance

    The world’s economy will grow faster this year than initially expected, IMF says. You can thank slowing inflation and the easing of China’s strict COVID rules

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • 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