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The Labor Department's August jobs report provided a key snapshot of the labor market's health amid growing fears that the U.S. is headed for a recession.

The U.S. economy likely added 300,000 jobs in August, a solid figure that could raise the odds of another super-sized Federal Reserve rate hike later this month.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said the average rate on the 30-year loan rose to the highest level in two months amid renewed fears of an aggressive Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve interest rate hikes will not successfully cool inflation unless the federal government also slows fiscal spending, a new paper suggests.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said on Wednesday that policymakers need to raise interest rates into restrictive territory to cool inflation.

The ADP National Employment Report published on Wednesday showed that private employers hired just 132,000 workers in August amid growing fears of a recession.

The president of the New York Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that central bank policymakers must raise interest rates higher in order to combat the hottest inflation in decades.

Former Toys 'R' Us CEO Gerald Storch explained the "warning signs" from consumers amid the inflationary environment and what it means for the retail industry.

Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin argues the "most important thing" about Powell's speech was that he didn't ensure inflation's soft landing.

Meta CEO told Joe Rogan Facebook limited the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 election, a nationwide EBT outage and more earnings and labor reports are due this week.

Central banks cannot tackle inflation unless governments enact more prudent fiscal policies, argues a new study presented at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Friday that government spending is "somewhat of a headwind" for reducing inflation.

World Bank President David Malpass responds to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's concern over combatting inflation and the options world governments have to increase production.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that interest rates will remain elevated for "some time," raising the odds on Wall Street of another 75 basis point increase.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic says his colleagues "don't know how much" job loss or economic impact could result from a hot inflation pace.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged to cool historically high inflation, but warned that higher interest rates could bring "pain" to the economy.

The personal consumption expenditures index, which is closely watched by the Federal Reserve as it tries to wrestle inflation back to 2%, rose again in July.

The main event of the week will be Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech on the economy and interest rates at the annual Jackson Hole meeting on Friday.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell will have the attention of economists and central bankers on Friday when he gives a speech at the Jackson Hole gathering.

Uncertain of when an inflation "resting point" will be, Federal Reserve of Kansas City President Esther George says she's undecided on a 50 or 75 basis-point rate hike at Jackson Hole.