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  • Delivery workerFinance

    Economy beats expectations again, adding 353,000 jobs in January

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK CITY – JANUARY 05: A ‘now hiring’ sign is displayed in a retail store in Manhattan on January 05, 2024 in New York City. As the American economy continues to outperform expectations, the December jobs report showed that employers added 216,000 positions for the month as the unemployment rate held at 3.7% (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Finance

    Layoffs rose in December as quits fell to 3-year low in a sign the job market is cooling

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Pierre-Olivier GourinchasFinance

    IMF chief economist says world economy is ‘now in the final descent toward a soft landing’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    America shocks economists again with 3.3% fourth-quarter GDP growth as ‘soft landing’ looms ever nearer

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • EconomyFinance

    Momentum for rare economic ‘soft landing’ building with expected 2% GDP reading

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • HAMPTON LUCY, WARWICKSHIRE – APRIL 29: Karl Grevatt, the miller, checks the wheat grain in the hopper which feeds the millstone at Charlecote Mill on April 29, 2020 in Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire. A rise in the popularity of baking during the coronavirus lockdown appears to have caused many major supermarkets across the UK to suffer a shortage of flour in recent weeks. Consumers are now turning to smaller mills such as the Charlecote Mill, an 18th Century water mill in Warwickshire, who are working around the clock to fulfil a dramatic increase in orders. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)Finance

    Wholesale prices in December went in reverse even as consumer inflation heated up

    By Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press, and others
  • Jerome PowellEnvironment

    Inflation hotter than expected in December, signaling bumpy ride ahead in supposed soft landing for the economy

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    World Bank sees third straight year of slowing global economy but ‘the risk of a global recession has receded’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 03: A ‘Join Our Team’ sign is posted outside a coffee shop on January 03, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. U.S. job openings fell to 8.79 million in November, the lowest in over two years, according to the U.S. Labor Department. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Finance

    Employers added a surprising 216,000 jobs in December, showing high interest rates are no match for the job market

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • A 'Join Our Team' sign is posted outside a coffee shopFinance

    Jobs report December: Trend toward slower, but still healthy, hiring likely continued

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 13, 2023. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged at a 22-year high of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent as inflation continued to cool, signaling an end to its rate hiking cycle and possible rate cuts next year. (Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images)Finance

    Fed chief Jerome Powell left interest rates unchanged last month but said further hikes are still ‘possible’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 03: A customer walks by a now hiring sign posted in front of Target store on November 03, 2023 in Sausalito, California. According to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth slowed in October with a total of 150,000 new jobs added compared to analyst expectations of 180,000. The unemployment rate inched up to 3.9% from 3.8%. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Finance

    Workers aren’t quitting anymore as job openings slide to lowest level since March 2021

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Customers are seen at the American multinational chain Starbucks Coffee store seen in Hong Kong.Companies

    U.S. companies are skittish about investing in China—unless it’s in fast food chains or cappuccinos

    By Aamer Madhani, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 13, 2023. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged at a 22-year high of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent as inflation continued to cool, signaling an end to its rate hiking cycle and possible rate cuts next year. (Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images)Finance

    Fed’s preferred inflation measure surprises economists by falling in November

    By The Associated Press and Paul Wiseman
  • Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour"Finance

    Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, inflation and AI—here are the business stories that dominated 2023

    By Paul Wiseman, Ken Sweet, and others