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Iowas unemployment low comes 26 months after the brief but severe recession that followed COVID-19 lockdowns.

Metro Phoenix has the highest big-city inflation rate for 2022 so far. Bureau of Labor Statistics said increases were based on gas, shelter and food.

Inflation is at the highest rate in four decades, but how it actually affects individual Americans hinges on what they buy each month, with some items surging more than others.

For the same 12-month period ending in April, the national inflation rate was 8.3%, down slightly from 8.5%. Housing costs, gas and food are drivers.

WASHINGTON — U.S. monthly consumer prices increased by the most in 16½ years in March as Russias war against Ukraine boosted the cost of gasoline to record

U.S. monthly consumer prices increased by the most in 16-1/2 years in March as Russia’s war against Ukraine boosted the cost of gasoline to record highs, cementing the case for a 50 basis points interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month. The surge in prices reported by the Labor Department on Tuesday culminated ...

American households are confronting the steepest inflation in four decades, paying more for everything from cars to gasoline to food as soaring prices eat away at most workers' wage gains.

Mesa City Council hopes this is the year to finally turn a downtown boondoggle into a boon for downtown.

Ohios unemployment rate in January was the lowest in three years, but the labor force has about 200,000 fewer workers than before the pandemic.

With inflation soaring to its highest level in 40 years, the Fed authorized a .25% interest rate increase with projections for six more hikes by the end of 2022.