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CPI Increases Slightly, Off 1.3% in Past Year

Calculated Risk... | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 2:34pm | CPI increase, Labor Department, May U.S. consumer prices, Rex Nutting |  Add a comment

From Rex Nutting at MarketWatch: Consumer prices inch 0.1% higher in May U.S. consumer prices increased a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in May as higher gasoline prices were largely offset by falling food prices, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. It was the first increase in the consumer pric ... Read more

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Jobless Army Approaches 7 Million

247Wallst | Thu, 05/28/2009 - 9:18am | economic indicators, employment figures, joblessness, Labor Department, unemployment, weekly jobless claims |  9 comments

Weekly Jobless Claims just came out from the Labor Department and the most recent data shows a drop of 13,000 on a revised basis to 623,000.  The data from the week before was revised to 636,000 from 631,000. The notion that these are coming in above the 600,000 mark is only adding to the conti ... Read more