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NORTHEAST CPI increased 2.6 percent year over year in June, 0.3 percentage points slower than the U.S. city average in that time. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/BRENT LEWIN

Northeast CPI increases 2.6% over year through June

Economic Activity 07/12/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Northeast Consumer Price Index increased 2.6 percent year over year in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Thursday. The United...

DESPITE ONGOING INTERNAITONAL RELATIONS CHALLENGES, including the escalating trade war between China and the United States, the U.S. equities markets posted significant gains Monday, as earnings season prepares to get underway. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

U.S. stocks rally as dollar gains, treasuries slip

Economic Activity 07/09/2018

NEW YORK – U.S. equities rose to their highest level in almost a month as investors set aside concern about escalating trade tensions and rising...

NORTHEAST CPI rose 2.1 percent in April year over year, largely driven by a rise in gasoline prices, piped utility gas prices and energy prices. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/VINCENT MUNDY

Northeast CPI rises 2.1% for year in April

Economic Activity 05/10/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Consumer Price Index in the Northeast United States increased 2.1 percent year over year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

INCLUDING ALL ITEMS, the U.S. CPI was down 0.1 percent from February on a drop in gasoline costs, with the index up 2.4 percent from a year earlier, also the most in a year. / BLOOMBERG

U.S. core inflation accelerates as mobile-phone drag fades

Economic Activity 04/11/2018

NEW YORK - A key measure of U.S. inflation accelerated to the highest in a year as a drag from mobile-phone costs faded, bearing out...

U.S. unemployment headed below 3% unless Fed acts to slow growth

Economy 03/14/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. unemployment is primed to fall significantly further and could drop below 3 percent for the first time since 1953, the year...

U.S. CONSUMER PRICES increased 0.2 percent in February from January, keeping the economy on the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation path. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

U.S. inflation firmed in February without outsize acceleration

Economy 03/13/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices continued to firm in February, indicating inflation is creeping up toward the Federal Reserve’s target without the kind of breakout...

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY 61,000 jobs year over year, including work such as is happening here, where workers finish construction on the gaming floor of the Resorts World Catskills casino, hotel and entertainment complex, operated by Empire Resorts Inc. in Monticello, N.Y., in January. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/VICTOR J. BLUE

U.S. added 313,000 jobs in February; wage gains slow to 2.6%

Economy 03/09/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added the most workers since mid-2016 as labor-force participation swelled, while below-forecast wages and a downward revision to January’s figure suggest...