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Summer vacationers looking for relief on pricey airfares are in luck – peak airline ticket prices are unlikely to go over $350.

The majority of economists expect inflation will keep decelerating over the next 12 to 18 months, as supply chain bottlenecks improve — and higher rates slow consumer spending.

The U.S. economy is seen as losing 252,000 jobs by this time next year, while unemployment is expected to hit 4.6 percent.

More than half of experts polled for Bankrate’s First-Quarter Economic Indicator poll say the Fed’s key benchmark interest rate will peak in a target range of 5-5.25%.

The financial system has a 64 percent chance of contracting by the end of 2023, according to experts’ average forecast.

Weekly Markets Brief: Reality check on recession chances sends stocks lower despite better news on inflation.

The news Friday that the economy added more jobs than expected last month has counterintuitively raised fears of a recession.

Close FILE - In this May 4, 2021, file photo is the Federal Reserve in Washington. The Federal Reserves latest nationwide business survey found that the economy strengthened further in late May and early June, despite supply-chain bottlenecks that led to price hikes. The Fed said Wednesday, July 14, 2021 that seven of its 12 regional bank districts reported strong price increases, with the other five reporting moderate gains in prices. Patrick Semansky - staff, AP Fe...

Survey: Top economists see slowing economic recovery from coronavirus pandemic in 2021 The U.S. economy in 2021 will continue to recover from this year’s steep coronavirus-induced downturn, but at a much slower pace than earlier in the spring, according to Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator survey. The nation’s top economists are expecting joblessness a year from now to sink by less than one percentage point — to about 6 percent, compared with its current level of 6.7 percent ...

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