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ARTICLES BY LUCIA MUTIKANI

US job openings, a measure of labour demand, fell 617,000 to 8.733 million on the last day of October, the lowest level since March 2021 and down from 9.350 million in September (AFP)

US job openings hit more than 2-1/2-year low as labour market cools

4 min read . 06 Dec 2023

The claims report showed the number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, dropped 13,000 to 1.810 million during the week ending April 1 (Photo: AFP)

US jobless claims increase to 239,000; producer inflation subsides

4 min read . 13 Apr 2023

US manufacturing PMI fell to 46.3 last month, the lowest reading since May 2020, from 47.7 in February

Global factory activity weakens as demand falters

4 min read . 03 Apr 2023

If the labor market is the light guiding the Fed's path to bringing inflation under control, policymakers have some more work to do (AFP)

US labor market resilient; inflation hotter in fourth quarter

4 min read . 24 Feb 2023

The consumer price index increased 0.5% last month after gaining 0.1% in December (AFP)

Rents boost US consumer prices; inflation gradually slowing

3 min read . 14 Feb 2023

US consumer spending fell in December, putting the economy on a lower growth path heading into 2023

US consumer spending falls; inflation cooling

1 min read . 27 Jan 2023

Photo: SolStock

US private payrolls rise strongly in October -ADP

1 min read . 03 Nov 2021

It was also the second straight week that claims remained below 300,000 as employers hold on to workers in the face of an acute labor shortage Photo: AFP ( Photo: AFP)

US weekly jobless claims hit 19-month low; labor market recovery gains traction

3 min read . 21 Oct 2021

New US jobless claim data released on November 5, 2020, showed little improvement in the week (AFP)

US private payrolls pick up in September: ADP report

2 min read . 06 Oct 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a joint news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. (REUTERS)

US job growth slows sharply in August; unemployment rate falls to 5.2%

2 min read . 03 Sept 2021

Goods imports rose 1.8% to $239.1 billion, also a record high. Exports of goods gained 0.2% to $145.9 billion in June, an all-time high (Photo: Mint)

US trade deficit jumps to record high in June on strong import growth

1 min read . 05 Aug 2021

Spending by American consumers and record-high imports as the global economy reopened drove the US trade gap to a new all-time high in March, the Commerce Department reported (AFP)

US trade deficit hits a record high amid pent-up demand

2 min read . 04 May 2021

The United States' economy is rebounding more quickly compared to its global rivals, thanks to two additional rounds of COVID-19 relief money from Washington as well as easing anxiety over the pandemic. (AP)

US economy grows 6.4% in first quarter, jobless claims edge lower

2 min read . 29 Apr 2021

The closed sign of a former restaurant is displayed at a shopping center (AP)

COVID-19 pummels US economy in 2020; performance weakest in 74 years

3 min read . 28 Jan 2021

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, a booklet describing unemployment benefits is seen on a desk, in North Andover, Mass. Unemployment insurance aid is expiring for millions on the weekend as President Donald Trump holds a pandemic relief package in limbo and gripes about “pork” in the bipartisan legislation passed by Congress. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) (AP)

US economy sheds jobs in December; unemployment rate at 6.7%

1 min read . 08 Jan 2021

A file photo of Kolkata Port. The shipping ministry has set up a panel comprising chairmen of the Cochin, Paradip and VO Chidambaranar ports to work out an amicable settlement to the issue. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

US trade deficit rises to more than 14-year high

1 min read . 07 Jan 2021

US consumer confidence stumbles; COVID-19 sapping economic momentum

4 min read . 22 Dec 2020

Last week's applications raised the number of people who filed claims for unemployment benefits to above 40 million since March 21. (REUTERS)

US weekly jobless claims still elevated; core capital goods orders fall

4 min read . 28 May 2020

The government reported last Friday that the economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, (AP)

Coronavirus crisis leads to largest US consumer price decline since 2008

4 min read . 13 May 2020

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. The downward revision to the Q4 GDP growth estimate largely reflected a smaller inventory build than previously reported. Photo: AFP

US GDP growth in Q4 revised down to 2.5%

3 min read . 28 Feb 2018