US federal statistical agency in the Department of Labor that produces the monthly employment situation report, CPI, PPI and other labor and price data.
Yum Brands says voice AI at more than 890 Taco Bell drive-thrus is raising crew retention in an industry with a 3.5% monthly quit rate. That rate is nearly twice the 1.9% for all nonfarm jobs, and the support for Yum's claim comes from Yum and its software vendor.
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Investopedia puts the lifetime cost of eight American milestones at about $5.32 million, up 4.1% from $5.11 million, Fortune reports. By our count, housing and child-rearing supply roughly four-fifths of the $210,000 rise.
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US annual inflation rose to 3.7% in September from 3.4%, above forecasts, as gasoline prices climbed. Diesel has climbed faster than gasoline since February and pay has trailed prices since March, so operators face pressure on two cost lines.
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Bitcoin dropped below $80,000 on Thursday after September PPI came in at 6.3% annually, a day after a hot CPI report. CoinGlass counted $948.22 million of liquidations, 90.6% of them longs, and Nexo says US spot ETF holders are back underwater.
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Center for AI Safety's Wage Loss Dashboard attributes just over 117,000 US job cuts this year to AI, or about $8.5 billion in annual wages. The total is an estimate and the state figures are modeled, so it suits rough sizing.
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Social Security will raise benefits 3.6% in 2027 for more than 75 million Americans, the largest increase in four years. Advocates say it will not restore purchasing power already lost, and one group backs two bills to change the index.
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Glassnode says Bitcoin must reclaim $88,000, the cost basis of six-to-twelve-month holders, after US spot ETFs shed about $760 million since October 7. It wants sustained ETF inflows as confirmation, and hot September CPI has raised expectations of another Fed hike.
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US annual inflation rose to 3.7% in September from 3.4% in August, above forecasts, the BBC reported from official figures. Energy drove the increase and core inflation was 2.6%, so fuel and heating budgets have a firmer case for revision than general costs do.
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Economists expect Wednesday's September CPI to show a 0.6% monthly rise as Iran-war energy costs push Brent to about $105. RSM warns forecasts may undershoot, and the Fed's October hike depends on the core reading.
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Bitcoin held between about $83,500 and $83,900 on Wednesday, under $84,000, ahead of the September US inflation report. Sources differ on whether Williams' remarks lifted the price, and targets of $85,000 and $93,000 wait on the same print.
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Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect the September CPI to show 3.7% annual inflation, up from 3.4%, NBC News reported. Operators budgeting freight costs face a fuel that has outrun gasoline, and the clearest pass-through evidence so far comes from airlines.
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LinkedIn began a free 14-week course on starting a business in September, enrolling 30 of its own employees, Fortune reported. Because the students are LinkedIn staff, the pilot can test a syllabus but cannot yet show what outside workers will pay for it.
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Americans aged 55 to 64 averaged over eight months unemployed in September against a median of about three, Business Insider reported. The median describes the typical searcher, and the average is pulled up by a tail of long searches that headline rates obscure.
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Burning Glass Institute economist Gad Levanon found real output in white-collar sectors rose 16% since end-2022 as employment fell roughly 2%. Growth there has stopped bringing hiring, but the economists quoted disagree on why.
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Truflation forecasts September US headline CPI at 3.6% and core at 2.4%, a tenth below the 3.7% and 2.5% consensus in its Oct. 9 report. The gap is wider on the monthly headline, 0.48% against 0.6%.
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Kalshi traders price December 2026 headline CPI at a median 3.6%, with more than 90% odds of a print above 3.4%. That puts the market's central case 1.6 points over the Fed's 2% target.
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Delta Air Lines cut its full-year earnings forecast to $5.10-$5.60 a share from $6.50-$7.50 after its third-quarter fuel bill rose 62% to $4.1 billion. With fares already up about a quarter and seat growth speeding up, rivals have less room to pass on the next fuel increase.
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U-Haul's 2026 midyear data ranks California second for Gen Z net one-way arrivals, behind Texas, while the state missed the top 10 for boomers and Gen X. Whether those young movers become paying tenants in Los Angeles and the Bay Area depends on how many are moving back in with their parents.
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Life insurers' group ACLI says its US middle-class resilience index fell 10 points in the second quarter to 10, half its first-quarter reading. That still leaves it above the historical average, and the third quarter will show whether gas prices and slower wage growth push it below zero.
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Wireless telephone services rose 5.9% in August, the most the BLS has ever recorded for the category, and without that one line core inflation rounds to the 0.2% economists expected. Traders moved hike odds to 85% anyway.
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