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Christopher S. Rugaber

FILE- In this July 16, 2015, file photo, a woman walks out of a Starbucks Coffee with a beverage in hand in New York. Coffee prices jumped 6.1 percent in January from 12 months earlier, the most in nearly three years. Starbucks has responded by raising the price of a cup of coffee by between 5 cents and 20 cents. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (AP)

From rents to haircuts, Americans start to feel price hikes

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FACT CHECK: Obama claims credit for an incomplete recovery

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Unemployment rate hits lowest level since September 2008

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Sonja Jackson, of Detroit, holds a Employment Guide standing in line while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya)

Jobs report bummer: Another lousy batch of employment numbers

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Job seekers wait in line during a job fair in Portland, Ore., on April 24. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

US economy adds 162,000 jobs

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Job seekers wait in line during a job fair in Portland, Ore., on April 24. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

US economy adds 195,000 jobs

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Dozens of job seekers line up to enter a job fair in New York. (AP)

U.S. economy adds 175,000 jobs

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US adds 236,000 jobs, unemployment falls to 7.7 percent

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U.S. economy contracts for the 1st time in 3 1/2 years

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Most in US won’t be able to escape ‘fiscal cliff’

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A "We're Hiring!" sign is shown at Office Depot in Mountain View, Calif. (AP/Paul Sakuma)

US employers add 80,000 jobs

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U.S. employers post fewest job openings in five months

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In this Aug. 4, 2011 photo, a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets tumbled Friday, Aug. 5, amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe's debt crisis is worsening. The sell-off follows the biggest one-day points decline on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jin Lee) (AP)

Unemployment rate dips, economy adds 117K jobs

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In this June 21, 2011, photo, Shell gas worker Toke Fusi lowers gas prices at a Shell gas station in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Americans spend at weakest pace in 20 months

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Unemployment rate rises to 9.1 percent

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France's Finance and Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visits a Parisian supermarket and goods retailer in Paris Thursday May 19, 2011. Lagarde has emerged as a potential candidate to replace IMF chief, Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn who resigned Wednesday, saying he wants to devote "all his energy" to fighting sexual assault charges in New York. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (AP)

IMF board to begin selection of new chief Thursday

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Unemployment applications hit 8-month high

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In a March 30, 2011 photo, Peter Gordon poses for a photo in his apartment, in St. Louis. Gordon, who has been out of work for a year, could lose his unemployment benefits in coming months because of efforts by several Republican Missouri state senators to block the use of an estimated $105 million of federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (AP)

Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week

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Copies of President Obama's 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Deficit makes up biggest share of economy since 1945

Jeannine Aversa, Christopher S. Rugaber

An auction sign for a property is seen at the front garden of a foreclosed house in Miami Gardens, Florida in this September 15, 2009 file photo. There are more than 6,600 home foreclosure filings per day, according to the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonpartisan watchdog group based in Durham, North Carolina. With nearly two million already this year, the flood of foreclosures shows no sign of abating any time soon. To match feature USA-HOUSING/FORECLOSURES REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

Second wave of housing bust hammers more cities

Alex Veiga, Christopher S. Rugaber

In this Dec. 26, 2010 photo, a sign advertises that a new Target store is hiring workers in Marborough, Mass. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits drops Thursday, De. 30, 2010, to lowest level since July 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes) (AP)

Unemployment rises in 20 states, falls in 15

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Accounting agency: December best jobs month in a decade

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41 states see job gains in Oct., most in 5 months

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