Iowa's unemployment rate drops to pre-COVID low, job openings high
Iowa's unemployment low comes 26 months after the brief but severe recession that followed COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Iowa's 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 Russia's war against Ukraine boosted the cost of gasoline to record