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Wages continued to climb rapidly last month, offering little encouragement to the Federal Reserve as policymakers hope for a slowdown in pay gains that might allow inflation to moderate.Average hourly earnings picked up by 5.1 percent in…

R achel Homan laughs at the question and then pauses to think about how she’d put the last couple of years of her curling career into words. After a beat, the three-time Canadian champion and…

In a first for the tech giant, Google filed a consumer protection lawsuit to shield the vulnerable and unsuspecting from what it called a “nefarious” scheme: the sale of adorable, but imaginary, puppies.The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S.…

Chewy, the pet goods retailer, recently signed a new freight contract that will cost it more this year; and in the final quarter of 2021, it also faced higher labor costs. But it is hoping that those trends do not last, or that it can…

The price index tracking consumer spending increased by 6.1% between January 2021 and January 2022, according to new data from the Commerce Department released Friday. That was the biggest annual increase since February 1982.Stripping out…

A key inflation measure showed that prices are climbing at the fastest pace in 40 years and more quickly than economists had expected.Consumer Price Index data for January, released Thursday, showed that prices have climbed 7.5 percent over…

Employees at four Starbucks stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn and on Long Island are seeking to unionize, joining a growing national movement.Credit...Nicole Bengiveno for The New York TimesUnion efforts that began late last year at three…

A key measure of inflation showed consumer prices rising at the fastest pace in three decades, as energy prices and demand for goods and services soared, posing a challenge to both the White House and the Federal Reserve.Prices climbed by 5…

A recent run-up in consumer prices cooled slightly in August, signaling that although inflation is higher than normal, the White House and Federal Reserve may be beginning to see the slowdown in price gains they have been hoping…

Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Help wanted sign at McDonalds with great starting pay.Michael Siluk | Getty ImagesYou've seen headlines for pay hikes at McDonald's, Chipotle and other restaurants. Now it's showing up in the data.Wages for hourly…