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Consumer Trends
Shoppers Increase Spending Tepidly as Anxiety Over the Economy Takes Hold
Tariff threats and government spending cuts have led to widespread uncertainty among consumers and businesses.
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Consumer Trends
Tariff Threats and Uncertainty Could Weigh on Consumers, Drag Down Economy
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Supply Chain
U.S. Inflation Worsened Last Month
The consumer price index increased 3% in January from a year ago.
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Supply Chain
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Consumer Trends
Consumers Are Pushing Back Against Price Increases — and Winning
The trend could make this bout of inflation markedly different than those in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Heinz tomato ketchup is displayed in a Target store in Upper Saint Clair, Pa., on Friday, July 7, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department releases the producer price index for August, an indicator of inflation at the wholesale level.
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Wholesale Price Inflation Accelerates
Wholesale prices are still rising more slowly than consumer costs.
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Farm Laborers to Receive Greater Protections Under White House Proposal
The measure would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants take seasonal agriculture jobs.
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Supply Chain
Cheaper Gas, Food Provide Some Inflation Relief
Prices in the economy’s vast service sector are keeping core inflation high — at least for now.
April 12, 2023
A man looks at his mobile phone while shopping at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sunday, March 19, 2023. On Wednesday, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for March.
Supply Chain
Cheaper Gas and Food Provide Some Relief from U.S. Inflation
Positive signs suggest that inflation pressures are cooling.
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January saw the largest one-month increase in nearly two years.
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Supply Chain
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Food costs rose after a slight drop the previous month.
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