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Fed officials are growing anxious about the Iran war
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (443+ words) From left, Neel Kashkari, Beth Hammack and Lorie Logan. Washington (CNN) " Tension is building among the policymakers tasked with wrangling inflation as the economic effects of the US-Israeli war with Iran broaden. But the Iran war has dragged on since…...
Fed's key inflation gauge hits 3. 5% as Iran war pushes up gas prices
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (291+ words) Fuel prices are displayed at a Brooklyn gas station on April 28, 2026, in New York City. (CNN) " Fast-rising gas prices lifted the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge to 3. 5% in March, its highest rate in almost three years, new data showed Thursday....
Iran war oil shock pushes US inflation to highest level in almost two years
3+ week, 6+ day ago (240+ words) A customer shops in a grocery store on March 11 in Miami. Prices are expected to rise in the coming months due to the ripple effects of the US-Israeli war with Iran. (CNN) " A war-driven jump in gas prices helped push…...
The sneaky " and not-so-sneaky " ways that companies are raising prices due to the Iran war
1+ mon, 8+ hour ago (726+ words) Amazon is charging third-party sellers that use its distribution services a 3. 5% fuel surcharge. For the first time, the US Postal Service is enacting an 8% fuel surcharge for packages. Jet Blue is charging more for checked luggage to offset higher operating…...
Don't expect your state to give you a gas tax holiday anytime soon
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (965+ words) Prices at the pump have skyrocketed since the US-Israeli conflict with Iran began. (CNN) " Drivers looking for some relief at the pump likely won't get any help from their state during the current spike in gas prices. When Russia's invasion…...
US stocks rise, Asian markets get rocked as Middle East conflict intensifies
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (945+ words) An employee talks on the phone in front of a screen showing stock prices at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 4. A driver pulls the gasoline pump hose to fill his truck tank at a gas station…...
Wholesale inflation was hotter than expected in January
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) A worker handles components for a steel sieve at HCC, a company that uses parts to make combines, at the factory in Mendota, Illinois, on February 21, 2025. (CNN) " The prices businesses pay to each other took a sharp turn higher in…...
Indiana's December unemployment rate lower than national average
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (150+ words) wthitv. com Cold Weather Advisory from TUE 10: 00 PM EST until WED 11: 00 AM EST The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported that Indiana's unemployment rate in December was 3. 5%, below the national rate of 4. 4%. Indiana's labor force participation rate was 63. 6%, surpassing the…...
Inflation remained at 2. 7% in December, as high prices continue to weigh on many Americans
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (281+ words) People shop for fruit in a grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City on December 13, 2025. (CNN) " US consumer prices rose 2. 7% annually in December, closing out a year that saw slight progress on inflation but continued affordability concerns…...
New forecast shows big growth in Indiana surplus
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (872+ words) Indiana's state budget surplus could grow to nearly $5 billion by the middle of 2027 under new and much rosier tax revenue projections. An'updated report'presented Thursday to the State Budget Committee forecast tax collections growing by 4. 2% this fiscal year and by 2. 7% the…...