Source: federalreserve.gov
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A downward revision to previously released job market data might be enough to spur interest rate cuts. But the damage to the paycheck-to-paycheck economy —...
Firms’ year-ahead inflation expectations remained “relatively unchanged” in August, staying just above where they were before the pandemic, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said Wednesday...