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Nov 04

Labor market adds 261,000 jobs with U.S. employers still hiring at solid pace

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

America's employers kept hiring briskly in October, adding a substantial 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation.

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Nov 02

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How interest rate hikes impact bonds and stock prices

By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes

With the sixth interest hike this year, it's been decades since the Federal Reserve has acted this aggressively to slow inflation. Markets reacted strongly to Fed Chair Jay Powell saying rates will be higher than previously expected. Swings tied to…

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Nov 02

Federal Reserve unleashes another big rate hike but hints at a pullback soon

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

It was the Fed's sixth rate hike this year — a streak that has made mortgages and other loans increasingly expensive and heightened the risk of a recession.

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Oct 27

U.S. mortgage rates hit 20-year high, top 7 percent after Fed hikes

By Matt Ott, Alex Veiga, Associated Press

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates topped 7% for the first time in more than two decades this week, a result of the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes intended to tame inflation not seen in some 40 years.

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Oct 13

Costs of housing and services accelerated U.S. inflation in September

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The jump in inflation last month is a sign that the Fed’s five rate hikes this year have so far done little to cool inflation pressures.

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Sep 21

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News Wrap: House votes on reform to electoral vote count, malaria outbreaks in Pakistan

In our news wrap Wednesday, the House approved a bill to block future attempts at subverting presidential elections and close loopholes in the law, medical workers struggled to contain malaria outbreaks as mosquitoes breed in the wake of flooding in…

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Sep 19

Interest rates likely to increase as Fed signals more hikes ahead

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bluntly warned in a speech last month that the Fed's drive to curb inflation by aggressively raising interest rates would "bring some pain."…

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Aug 26

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Why the Fed plans to keep aggressively fighting inflation even if it leads to job loss

By William Brangham

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday on inflation, warning that more interest rate hikes are coming and they're going to take a toll. Those statements came during the Fed's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Aug 26

Dow Jones drop 3 percent after Fed Chair Powell warns interest rates to stay high

By Stan Choe, Damian J. Troise, Alex Veiga, Associated Press

Stocks closed sharply lower after the head of the Federal Reserve dashed Wall Street's hopes that it may soon ease up on high interest rates in its effort to tame inflation.

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Aug 26

Inflation eased in July as consumer prices and income rose

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, according to a report closely watched by the Federal Reserve.

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