On Friday, the US Labor Department reported that its producer price index (PPI) -which is used to track inflation before it reaches consumers -rose 0.3% between December and January (an annual increase of 0.9%) after falling -0.1% from November to December.
There were still about 1.7 job openings for each job seeker in November, unchanged from October, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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