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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely slowed sharply in January as COVID-19 infections lashed the nation, disrupting activit...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely slowed sharply in January as COVID-19 infections lashed the nation, disrupting activit...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely slowed sharply in January as COVID-19 infections lashed the nation, disrupting activity at high-contact business, a temporary setback to the labor market recovery that was alread...

U.S. consumer spending fell in December, suggesting the economy lost speed heading into the new year amid snarled supply chains and raging COVID-19 infections, while annual inflation increased at a pace last seen nearly 40 years ago. Wage inflation is also building up amid an acute shortage of workers. Private industry wages rose strongly in ...

The U.S. economy notched its strongest growth in nearly four decades in 2021 after the government pumped trillions of dollars in COVID-19 relief, and is seen forging ahead \u2014 despite headwinds from the pandemic, strained supply chains, as well as inflation.

A key inflation indicator was up 5.8% over last year, the Commerce Department said Friday. It was the indicator’s highest jump since 1982. The rise came in the government’s personal consumption expenditures index (PCE), which the Federal Reserve uses to guide interest rate moves. The PCE tracks actual consumer spending. Another indicator, the consumer price…

The US economy grows 5.7% in 2021, the strongest since 1984. It is also the first time in 20 years that the US economy grew faster than the Chinese economy.

By Lucia Mutikani

Inflation, pandemic, labor shortages, supply chain problems continue to drag on economy