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Unemployment rate hit a four-year high last month

Unemployment rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, and the economy added 64,000 jobs last month, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Tuesday. Last month’s job gains, which came ...
CNN

Here’s what the latest inflation and spending data reveals about the US economy

• A flurry of economic data released Tuesday after a blackout during the government shutdown paints a confusing picture of the US economy. • September wholesale inflation rose by 0.3%, keeping the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China’s Magnet Sales to US Hit Nine-Month High Before Truce

China’s exports of rare-earth magnets to the US reached their highest since January last month, when both sides were in trade negotiations to steady flows of the critical industrial components.