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People shop at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sunday, March 19, 2023. Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year's steady easing of inflation. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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US consumer price growth slowed last month as inflation shows signs of steady decline
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Mon,06/12/23-6:31PM , 157 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year's steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high.
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Is it a 'skip' or a 'pause'? Federal Reserve won't likely raise rates next week but maybe next month
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Tue,06/06/23-9:33PM , 171 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't call it a “pause.”
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Women work in a restaurant kitchen in Chicago, Thursday, March 23, 2023. On Friday, the U.S. government issues the May jobs report. The labor market has added jobs at a steady clip in the past year, despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and bring down inflation. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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US hiring jumped last month. So did unemployment. Here's what that says about the economy
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Thu,06/01/23-6:48PM , 161 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of enduring strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately tryin
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Students at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics from left: Nikki Reed, William Onderdonk, Jeffrey Natter and Joshua Lindberg study an engine on a Cessna 310 aircraft in West Mifflin, Pa., Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Students graduating from PIA have been awed by how much they're in demand. Recruiters are desperately seeking more aircraft mechanics for the airlines, airplane manufacturers, and repair shops that need them. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Wed,05/31/23-4:22PM , 185 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all having jobs.

As some of the students began nudging each other, Bandoh realized that perhaps not every one of them had already been hired.
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