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Inflation gauge sets 40-year high as gas, food soar

Gas prices are displayed at a gas station Friday, March 11, 2022, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

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New homes sales rise for 2nd month straight as prices …

A home, available for sale, is shown on August 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

U.S. shoppers hit brakes on spending as prices see biggest …

A sign displays the price for shirts as a shopper peruses the offerings at a Costco warehouse in this photograph taken Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Mississippi latest state to end pay boost for unemployment, …

A forklift driver moves a pallet of cardboard boxes at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company in Jackson, Miss., says Friday, May 28, 2021. Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at the company, says that she has seen a lot of people abusing the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed. She also cited the pool of needed certified and experienced forklift drivers and other positions are limited because of the said abuse. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

U.S. economy shows signs of strength while growing at …

People wait in line, resumes in hand, while waiting to apply for jobs during an outdoor hiring event for the Circa resort and casino, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Poll: 38 million Americans — or 15% — worse off financially …

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Financed by higher corporate taxes, $2.3 trillion infrastructure …

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Biden wants to pass $4 trillion infrastructure package …

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Senators from both parties on the critical need to invest in modern and sustainable American infrastructure in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 11, 2021. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

U.S. manufacturing reaches 3-year high; Americans …

U.S. consumers step up spending 2.4% in January as …

In this Dec. 10, 2020 file photo, a woman carries shopping bags in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

U.S. home sales up 19% from 2020 as housing market …

A sign is posted in front of new homes for sale at Hamilton Cottages on Sept. 24, 2020 in Novato. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

U.S. consumers cut back on spending for 2nd straight …

In this Nov. 10, 2020 photo, a shopper stands by a display of Samsung 65-inch televisions in a Costco warehouse in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

As census deadline looms, experts express concerns …

This Sunday, April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)

U.S. Treasury, Commerce departments hacked in monthslong …

The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, on Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)