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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-economists-say-falling-inflation-isnt-enough-to-relieve-stress-about-the-u-s-economy by Christopher Rugaber 20/11/23 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-economists-say-falling-inflation-isnt-enough-to-relieve-stress-about-the-u-s-economy by Christopher Rugaber 20/11/23 PBS NEWS] | ||
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4 percent for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold a glum view of the economy. | WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4 percent for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold a glum view of the economy. | ||
=====Amid systemic inequality, U.S. salaries recover even as jobs haven’t===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/a-sign-of-stubborn-inequality-u-s-salaries-recover-even-as-jobs-havent by Christopher Rugaber 12/2/21 PBS NEWS] | |||
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stark sign of the economic inequality that has marked the pandemic recession and recovery, Americans as a whole are now earning the same amount in wages and salaries that they did before the virus struck — even with nearly 9 million fewer people working. | |||
