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      <title>What Core Inflation Is — and Why the Fed Watches It Over Headline</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:57:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>BLS Prices Nearly 80,000 Items to Build the CPI</title>
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      <title>Owners&apos; Equivalent Rent Carries 25.8% of the CPI</title>
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      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Fed Cuts Rates Half a Point, First Reduction Since 2020</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The FOMC lowered its target range 50 basis points to 4.75-5.00 percent on September 18, 2024, with one dissent. Here are the projections, the data, and what followed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:57:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Consumer Confidence vs. Consumer Spending: Which Predicts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sentiment sat at recession levels for years while spending kept growing. What confidence surveys measure, why they diverge, and which predicts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>How the Fed&apos;s Balance-Sheet Runoff Works</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Recession Dating Actually Requires</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The NBER committee dates recessions on breadth across jobs, income, production, and sales — not the two-quarter rule. Why 2022 never qualified.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>How Tariffs Pass Through Into Consumer Prices</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Productivity and Unit Labor Costs, Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Fed's 2 percent target is defined on PCE — broader than CPI, chain-weighted, usually a few tenths lower. How the index works and why it matters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>How GDP Figures Get Revised Before They Settle</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jobless Claims vs. the Unemployment Rate, Explained</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Weekly jobless claims measure new layoffs; the monthly unemployment rate measures total joblessness. How to read both and their lead-lag signals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>What the Yield Curve Says About Recessions</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How the Employment Cost Index Tracks Wage Growth</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Employment Cost Index is the Federal Reserve's preferred wage-inflation gauge. Here is how the BLS builds it and how to read each quarterly release.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Complete Oral Hygiene Guide for Dental Implant Patients</title>
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      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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