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Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A better-than-expected inflation report last week bolstered hopes that a prolonged bout of severe price hikes is near its end -- but the costs of some staple items continue to soar. Consumer prices rose 3% last month compared to a year ago, marking a significant slowdown from a peak last summer of more than 9%, government data showed. The aftereffects of pandemic-induced supply chain blockages and the Russia-Ukraine war, however, have kep...

(NEW YORK) -- A better-than-expected inflation report last week bolstered hopes that a prolonged bout of severe price hikes is near its end -- but the costs of

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Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A better-than-expected inflation report last week bolstered hopes that a prolonged bout of severe price hikes is near its end -- but the costs of some staple items continue to soar. Consumer prices rose 3% last month compared to a year ago, marking a significant slowdown from a peak last summer of more than 9%, government data showed. The aftereffects of pandemic-induced supply chain blockages and the Russia-Ukraine war, however, have kep...

Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A better-than-expected inflation report last week bolstered hopes that a prolonged bout of severe price hikes is near its end -- but the costs of some staple items continue to soar. Consumer prices rose 3% last month compared to a year ago, marking a significant slowdown from a peak last summer of more than 9%, government data showed. The aftereffects of pandemic-induced supply chain blockages and the Russia-Ukraine war, however, have kep...

The Federal Reserve might be close to the end of its tightening cycle after more than a year of at times aggressive rate revisions, as signs indicate that inflation is coming down.

The U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in June. While it was a smaller increase than expected, it still lowered the unemployment rate to a solid 3.6%. For the Pittsburgh region, whose figures lag behind the national data, the unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to a 47-year-record low

SmartAsset identified the earnings an American household would need to be in the top 1% of earners.

U.S. consumer prices rose 3% in June compared with a year ago, a marked drop in the inflation rate that was the smallest 12-month increase in more than two years, the government reported Wednesday. A year ago, the U.S. inflation rate soared to an annualized rate of more than 9%, a four-decade high, but since…

Employers are expected to add roughly 29,000 new positions each month on average between now and June 2024, while unemployment is expected to hit 4.5 percent.