What a hiring slowdown signals about the state of the U.S. economyU.S. hiring slowed in September as employers added just 29,000 jobs. The disappointing jobs report has wide-reaching implications for consumer prices and interest rates, and it comes a month before Americans head to the polls for midterm elections. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Beth Hammack, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.PBS NewsHour4d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomyseptember jobs report
Retail sales rise better-than-expected 1.2% in AugustThe strong spending report comes as the Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation.PBS News20d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomy
