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November 14, 2018 at 5:31 am

US consumer prices increased 0.3 percent in October

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices climbed 0.3 percent in October, with higher prices for gasoline, used autos and housing contributing to the increase. The Labor...

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November 5, 2018 at 7:16 am

US services firms’ growth slipped in Oct. after record Sept.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. services firms expanded at a slightly slower rate in October, after achieving a record pace in September in a sign of...

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November 2, 2018 at 9:38 pm

Trump stumps in cities that don’t look that much like US

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is in the final stretch of a 44-city blitz for the midterm elections, but the America he's glimpsed from...

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October 29, 2018 at 5:31 am

US consumer spending up inflation-adjusted 0.3 percent

The Commerce Department also said Monday that the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation returned to the central bank’s 2 annual percent target after having...

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October 25, 2018 at 7:00 am

US pending home sales nudged upward in September

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pending home sales rose slightly in September, but contract signings are depressed from a year ago as affordability has become a greater...

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October 24, 2018 at 7:09 am

US new-home sales slump for 4th straight month

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new U.S. homes plunged 5.5 percent in September, the fourth straight monthly drop as the housing market cools with mortgage...

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October 23, 2018 at 6:00 am

As joblessness falls, skilled workers might be hard to find

The U.S. economy has become a seemingly perpetual job-generating machine, having steadily added workers for nearly eight years.

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October 17, 2018 at 5:32 am

US housing starts sank 5.3 percent in September

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home construction fell 5.3 percent in September, a sign that recent hurricanes and rising mortgage rates may be weighing on the...

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October 15, 2018 at 11:10 am

US budget deficit hits highest level in 6 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit has surged to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, its highest level in six years as President Donald Trump's...

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September 27, 2018 at 7:02 am

US pending home sales fell in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pending home sales slipped in August as fewer Americans signed contracts to purchase a house, the fourth decline in the past five...

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