Another 576,000 Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits - the lowest of the pandemic. Retail sales surged to 9.8% in March. CNN’s Christine Romans reports.
Consumer prices for March rose 2.6% compared to the same month last year. They were lifted by surging energy prices, including the cost of gasoline. CNN’s Christine Romans reports
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about a false claim he made saying the proposed infrastructure bill would make 19 million new jobs.
Though the economy still has 8.4 million fewer jobs than before the pandemic.
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