Inflation remains an issue due to the $2.3 ... Also, the ISM service sector survey showed that job growth was barely in expansion territory at 51.4. But then we have the official government ...

Economists caution that the surge in public sector employment complicates efforts to control inflation, particularly as the ...

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics By The New York Times By Ben Casselman ...