Inflation Perking Up, Retail Sales Firm: What We Learned During the Week of February 13 – 17

Inflation made its presence felt in January while manufacturing output grew despite a decline in automobile production.

Employers hired more workers during January than they had in months, but wage growth remained weak. Here are the 5 things we learned from U.S. economic data released during the week ending February 3.

Data released last week finds the labor market held firm, but not necessarily improved, during the final days of 2016.