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August 14, 2019
(CLIP) The U.S. National Debt — Yahoo! Finance
AAF Director of Fiscal Policy Gordon Gray discusses the roots of our federal debt and what can be done about it on Yahoo! Finance.
Multimedia
August 14, 2019
Gordon Gray
AAF Director of Fiscal Policy Gordon Gray discusses the roots of our federal debt and what can be done about it on Yahoo! Finance.
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March 2024
+0.4%
+3.5%
Measures the change in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
March 2024
+0.4%
+3.8%
Consumer Price Index excluding food and energy.
March 2024
+0.3%
+2.8%
A measure of prices paid for goods and services excluding food and energy; the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation.
March 2024
+0.2%
+2.1%
Measures the change in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.
Week ending April 27, 2024
208,000
0
213,500
Weekly unemployment insurance claims reported by each state’s unemployment insurance program offices.
April 2024
49.4
-2.0
A level above 50 indicates expansion
April 2024
49.2
-1.1
A level above 50 indicates expansion
April 2024
97.0
-6.1
Details consumer attitudes, buying intentions, vacation plans, and consumer expectations for inflation, stock prices, and interest rates; 1985=100.
April 2024
+192,000
Measures change in private-sector employment using ADP payroll data covering more than half a million companies with more than 25 million employees.
March 2024
$73.8B
+0.2%
-0.8%
A new order is a communication of an intention to buy for immediate or future delivery.
March 2024
1,321,000
-14.7%
-4.3%
Privately owned housing starts; seasonally adjusted at an annual rate.