New York Fed researchers found that LinkedIn’s Jobs per Jobseeker Index outperformed standard labor-market gauges in nowcasting and forecasting both consumer-price and wage inflation.
The Centre’s April–September fiscal gap widened to ₹7.14 lakh crore as expenditure grew faster than receipts, despite a pickup in capital spending.
The first Grid SCALED funding round targets refurbished equipment and U.S.-made components, with concept papers due November 20.
The Chicago-area activity gauge slipped from 58.8 in September as production and order measures softened, even as employment rebounded.
The Justice Department has approved 13,042 claims under expanded radiation compensation rules, but downwinder and Manhattan Project waste cases account for most of the unresolved backlog.
Vehicle-fuel prices helped temper inflation, but gas and holiday costs added pressure as Spain’s consumer prices rose 0.6% from September.
Energy inflation accelerated to 31.4%, with higher food and transport costs adding to the pressure on Italian households.
Germany recorded another quarterly expansion, but preliminary figures show a decline in capital formation and slower export momentum, with only a slight increase in consumption.
INSEE’s preliminary figures show energy prices rising 24.1% from a year earlier, with services inflation also accelerating as food price growth eased.
Statistics Canada said output was flat in August for a second straight month, as gains in retail and manufacturing were offset by weakness in wholesale trade, public administration and oil and gas extraction.