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      <title>Employers added 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment rose to 4.2%</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Hiring slowed from August's 133,000, and average hourly earnings growth over 12 months fell to 3.0%, its lowest since May 2021.</description>
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      <title>Initial jobless claims fell to 197,000 in the week ending Sep 26</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Continuing claims fell for a fourth week in a row to 1,701,000, the lowest since the week ending Apr 1, 2023, the Labor Department reported.</description>
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      <title>US economy grew 2.2% in the second quarter, down from 2.5% in the first</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Bureau of Economic Analysis said growth in Q2 2026 slowed 0.3 percentage point from the prior quarter and ran well below the 4.0% pace of a year earlier.</description>
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      <title>PCE prices rose 3.4% over 12 months in August, unchanged from July</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Core PCE inflation, the Fed's preferred gauge, also held at 3.0% in August, while core prices rose 0.2% from July.</description>
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      <title>Job openings fell 3.5% to 7.08 million in August</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Openings were still above the 6.92 million recorded a year earlier in August 2025, even after the monthly drop.</description>
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      <title>Orders for durable goods fell 0.1% in August</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Durable goods orders, Aug 2026: the numbers from the Census Bureau, how they compare and what they mean for your money.</description>
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      <title>New home sales rose 6.4% in August to an annual rate of 684,000</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Sales of newly built single-family homes reached their highest level since December 2025, when the rate was 723,000, though they stayed below the year-earlier pace of 698,000.</description>
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      <title>Industrial production was unchanged in August after a 0.2% gain in July</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Federal Reserve Board said factory, mine and utility output showed no change in August, following a 0.2% rise in July. In August 2025, output had fallen 0.3%.</description>
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      <title>Housing starts fell 2.6% in August to a 1.28 million annual rate</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Census Bureau said builders started homes at a 1,275,000 annual rate in August, down 34,000 from July and below the 1,291,000 pace of August 2025.</description>
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      <title>Fed raises its rate target by 0.25 point to 3.75%–4.00%</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Fed rate decision (FOMC), the Sep 15–16 meeting: the numbers from the Federal Reserve Board, how they compare and what they mean for your money.</description>
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      <title>Retail sales rose 1.1% in August after a 0.5% decline in July</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Sales excluding autos rose 1.3% in August, also reversing a July decline of 0.2%, the Census Bureau reported.</description>
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      <title>Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August as core inflation eased to 2.4%</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The annual core rate fell to 2.4%, its lowest since Mar 2021, while the overall 12-month rate held at 3.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.</description>
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      <title>Producer prices rose 0.4% in August, and the annual rate climbed to 5.4%</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Excluding food and energy, wholesale prices rose 0.2% in August, the 3rd straight monthly increase, while the 12-month rate rose 0.6 percentage point from July.</description>
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