June: Inflation Sees Biggest Drop Since 2020 Due to Lower Energy Prices
The all-items index increased 3.5% over the last 12 months after rising 4.2% in May....
The all-items index increased 3.5% over the last 12 months after rising 4.2% in May....
The federal government lost 9,000 jobs in April. Since October 2024, the federal government has lost 348,000 (11.5%) jobs....
Chavez-DeRemer is leaving during a misconduct probe involving alleged travel fraud....
The one plus? Federal employment continues to decline, losing 10,000 jobs in February....
The core CPI, which eliminates food and energy, hit 2.5%, the lowest since 2021....
However, the report shows the U.S. only added 181,000 jobs in 2025....
Unfortunately, a lack of October data means I cannot compare and contrast....
"There was virtually no job creation in the last year of the Biden admin."...
Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates? The economy only added 88,000 this summer!...
"These requirements—agency action, finality, ripeness, and discreteness—reflect that the APA does not make federal courts 'roving commissions' assigned to pass on how well federal agencies are satisfying their statutory obligations."...
However, the index for all items minus food and energy rose 0.3% in July after a 0.2% increase in June....
Eggs continue to drop, but gas and electricity slightly ticked up in June....
Again, it is too early to tell how tariffs affected prices....
It's a mixed bag, but it's not the end of the world....
"Overall consumer prices increased 2.3% from a year earlier, down from 2.4% rise the previous month."...
"The energy index decreased 3.3 percent for the 12 months ending March. The food index increased 3.0 percent over the last year."...
I think she's the most controversial pick due to her union views....
"on the record before it, the Court does not conclude that plaintiffs are entitled to the extraordinary relief of a temporary restraining order."...
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