What to know about traffic restrictions this week for US 60, I-10 and I-17 drivers

AI-assisted summaryThe Arizona Department of Transportation will be working on several projects that may cause traffic delays.Drivers should plan for U.S. 60 to be closed between Superior and Miami for portions of Wednesday and Thursday.Parts of I-17 will have lane restrictions and ramp closures from Tuesday through Saturday morning.The busy holiday weekend is over, but…

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American inflation looks increasingly worrying

By Jerome Powell’s press conferences—sometimes market-moving events—have attracted less notice of late. With Donald Trump in the White House, the chair of the Federal Reserve faces competition for attention. Yet a recent inflation reading has returned prices to the public eye. In January America’s “core” consumer price index, which strips out volatile food and energy…

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How low can unemployment go?

The lowest the unemployment rate has ever gone is 2.5% in 1953. Is it possible for the country to get it that low today? We start this story with a question: How low can unemployment go in this country? It was 3.5% in February 2020, heading into the pandemic. In the pandemic recovery it fell…

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