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Fed's Powell says economy in 'good place,' officials' job is to contain inflation

Usatoday 04 Apr 2025
The Fed raises rates or keeps them high to curtail inflation and cuts rates to bolster the economy and reduce unemployment or dig the economy out of recession. Trump’s import fees are expected to both push up inflation and unemployment.
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The US economy added way more jobs than expected in March, even as federal employment ...

Business Insider 04 Apr 2025
Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe US economy added 228,000 jobs in March, exceeding the forecast.The unemployment rate surprisingly increased to 4.2%.Confidence in the job market and the economy has fallen.
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US added a strong 228,000 jobs last month as economy shows resilience

The Nashville Ledger 04 Apr 2025
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% ... In the past several years, those workers have eased labor shortages and helped the economy keep growing ... The economy has been remarkably durable in the face high interest rates.
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US added a strong 228,000 jobs last month as economy shows resilience in Trump trade wars

Pioneer Press 04 Apr 2025
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% ... In the past several years, those workers have eased labor shortages and helped the economy keep growing ... The economy has been remarkably durable in the face high interest rates.
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U.S. economy likely created modest 130,000 jobs last month as Trump trade wars lift recession fears

Detroit news 04 Apr 2025
job market is slowing at a time when Americans are increasingly anxious about what President Donald Trump’s trade wars are going to do to the economy ... The unemployment rate is forecast to tick up to 4.2% in March from 4.1% in February.
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US added 228K jobs in March, jobless rate stays flat

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
economy added 228,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate stayed roughly even at 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department ... economy and financial markets, which have plunged in the wake of Trump's sweeping new tariffs.
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Canadian Economy Lost 33,000 Jobs in March, Biggest Loss Since 2022

The Epoch Times 04 Apr 2025
The economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Jerome Powell warns on Trump’s tariffs: High inflation could be here to stay

CNN 04 Apr 2025
Trump’s risky bet to rectify trade imbalances and bring back production to the US could send the economy barreling toward “stagflation,” a toxic combination of stagnant economic growth and rising unemployment coupled with accelerating inflation.
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US unemployment rate jumps to 4.2% as JPMorgan raises 2025 recession odds to 60%

Cryptopolitan 04 Apr 2025
The unemployment rate in the U.S ... even with that rise in unemployment, job growth was stronger than anyone predicted ... Tariffs complicate unemployment outlook ... and possibly global economy into recession this year.”.
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Fed Chair Powell Speaks As Rate-Cut Odds Rise; Trump: “Stop Playing Politics!”

The Liberty Beacon 04 Apr 2025
(ZH) – With markets still in turmoil over tariffs, investors now turn their attention to what Fed Chair Powell says this morning for clues on the state of the US economy and the path for easing.
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The job market has been resilient. The trade war could be its undoing.

The Spokesman-Review 04 Apr 2025
economy has been buffeted by rapid inflation, high interest rates and political instability at home and abroad ... “If the economy isn’t growing as fast, or it isn’t growing at all, you don’t need as many workers,” House said.
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US added 228,000 jobs in March as economy showed strength in buildup to Trump trade wars

Springfield News-Sun 04 Apr 2025
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% ... In the past several years, those workers have eased labor shortages and helped the economy keep growing ... The economy has been remarkably durable in the face high interest rates.
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Trump tells investors to buy low: ‘This is a great time to get rich’

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that the economy "is starting to roar." ... economy added 228,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate stayed roughly even at 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.
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Economy posts biggest job loss since 2022 as U.S. tariffs begin to take their toll

Moosejaw Today 04 Apr 2025
Statistics Canada said Friday the economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7 per cent compared with 6.6 per cent in February ... its updated forecasts for the economy.
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StatCan's March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market

Moosejaw Today 04 Apr 2025
Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent ... affecting the economy.
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