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  • worker works on truckFinance

    Job growth slows but remains solid at 206,000, while unemployment ticks up to 4.1% as more people enter the workforce

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 18: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 18, 2024 in New York City. After the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs Monday, U.S. stocks were up in early trading Tuesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Finance

    Wall Street cheers as Fed’s favorite inflation gauge reveals price hikes at 4-year low

    By The Associated Press and Paul Wiseman
  • FILE – Sales staff stand near the Seagull electric vehicle from Chinese automaker BYD at a showroom in Beijing on April 10, 2024. Considered a marvel of engineering efficiency, its lightweight design allows the Seagull to go farther per charge on a smaller battery. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)Finance

    Low-priced Chinese EVs made in Mexico plants pose a potentially ‘extinction-level event’ for America’s auto industry

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • World Bank logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen.Finance

    ‘The world might become stuck in the slow lane’—World Bank warns of the consequences of sustaining elevated interest rates

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The 2024 Ford F-150 truck is assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant, April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. Donald Trump and President Biden agree on essentially nothing, from taxes and climate change to immigration and regulation. Yet on trade policy, the two presumptive presidential nominees have embraced surprisingly similar approaches. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)Politics

    Biden and Trump united on heavy import tariffs as election approaches. ‘Where are the deciding states? Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A worker assembles an SUV at a car plant of Li Auto, a major Chinese EV maker, in Changzhou in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on March 27, 2024. The Biden administration is announcing plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment. (Chinatopix Via AP, File)Politics

    Biden administration makes increased China tariffs official, slapping 102.5% taxes on EVs and 50% duties on solar cells and chips

    By Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • Jobseekers attend the Novant Health hiring event in Wilmington, North Carolina, US, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release unemployment rate figures on March 8. Photographer: Allison Joyce/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    High interest rates take a bite out of hiring as employers add just 175,000 jobs in April

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Articulated robots move inside the Hanwha Qcells Solar plant, Oct. 16, 2023, in Dalton, Ga. On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the U.S. government issues the first of three estimates of economic growth in the first quarter. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)Finance

    High interest rates catch up to economic growth as GDP slows dramatically to 1.6%

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    ‘The way to solve an inflation crisis is to endure an immigration crisis’: The mystery in the labor market finally gets explained

    By Paul Wiseman, Gisela Salomon, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Producer price index rises at fastest pace in nearly a year as storm of bad inflation news mounts—but economist see a silver lining

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal ReserveFinance

    Another hot jobs report jolts Wall Street, jeopardizing rate cuts during election year

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Two men pass by a “join our team” sign in Los AngelesFinance

    Despite rumors of a job-market slowdown, hiring and job openings stayed steady in February

    By Paul Wiseman, Irina Ivanova, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Jerome Powell doesn’t want to ‘jinx’ his war on inflation: ‘I’m a superstitious person’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Economists say you’re wrong for wanting prices to start falling—and they point to the Great Depression of the 1930s

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge slowed in February

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press