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u.s. news Diabierna 16 September 2022

2 busloads of migrants dropped off near VP Retail sales up 0.3% in Aug.

Harris’ residence from July amid inflation

tic bags of their belongings
carried with them over the
border, before moving to a
nearby church. Harris' office
had no immediate comment.

After migrants seeking asy-
lum cross the U.S.-Mexico
border, they spend time in
a U.S. Customs and Border
Protection facility along the
border until they are gener-
ally released into the U.S. to
wait out their cases. Republi-
cans say Biden's policies en-
courage migrants to vanish
into the U.S.; Democrats ar-
gue the Trump-era policy of
forcing migrants to wait out NEW YORK (AP) — the anxiety level. Overall
their asylum cases in Mexico Americans picked up spending has slowed and
was inhumane. their spending a bit in shifted increasingly toward
WASHINGTON (AP) — der to his state. Arizona Gov. August from July even necessities like food, while
Two buses of migrants Doug Ducey also has ad- DeSantis flew two planes as surging inflation on spending on electronics,
from the U.S.-Mexico bor- opted this policy, and Florida of immigrants to Martha's household necessities furniture, new clothes and
der were dropped off near Gov. Ron DeSantis also got Vineyard on Wednesday. And like rent and food took other non-necessities has
Vice President Kamala in on the act recently. It was last week, Abbott sent about a toll on family budgets. faded.
Harris' home in residen- first dreamed up by former 75 migrants to Chicago.
tial Washington on Thurs- President Donald Trump. U.S. retail sales rose an un- On Thursday, it appeared
day morning in the bitter District of Columbia Mayor expected 0.3% last month that the U.S. dodged a na-
political battle over the Abbott tweeted that he'd sent Muriel Bowser declared a after falling 0.4% in July, tional freight rail strike,
Biden administration's the buses that arrived Thurs- public emergency last week the Commerce Depart- which could have sent re-
immigration policies. day: "We're sending migrants over the continued arrival ment said Thursday. Ex- tail prices higher.
to her backyard to call on the of buses of migrants. The cluding business at gas sta-
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has Biden Administration to do district earlier requested tions, sales rose 0.8%. Still, inflation remains
been busing migrants out of its job & secure the border." National Guard assistance stubbornly high. Lower gas
Texas to cities with Demo- to help stem a "growing hu- Sales at grocery stores rose costs slowed U.S. inflation
cratic mayors as part of a About two dozen men and manitarian crisis" prompted 0.5% , helped by rising for a second straight month
political strategy this year be- women stood outside the by the arrival of thousands of prices in food in August, but most other
cause he claims there are too U.S. Naval Observatory at migrants, but the Pentagon prices across the economy
many arrivals over the bor- dawn, clutching clear plas- rejected the request. There was, however, weak- kept going up — evidence
ening in some areas of dis- that inflation remains a
cretionary spending with heavy load for American
Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits Americans fully aware of households.
inflation's bite. Business at
again last week restaurants ticked up 1.1%, Consumer prices rose
but the pace has slowed. 8.3% from a year earlier
Sales at furniture stores and 0.1% from July. But
fell 1.3%. Online sales fell the jump in "core" prices,
WASHINGTON (AP) — ployment benefits inched up ernment's count of unem- 0.7% last month after Am- which exclude volatile
The number of Americans by 2,000 for the week that ployed people rose. azon's Prime Day boosted food and energy costs, was
applying for unemploy- ended Sept. 3, to 1.4 million. e-commerce sales in July. especially worrisome. It
ment benefits fell again The U.S. economy has been outpaced expectations and
last week to a four-month Hiring in the U.S. in 2022 has a mixed bag this year. Eco- "Retailers would probably sparked fear that the Fed-
low even as the Federal been remarkably strong even nomic growth has declined in like to be growing more, eral Reserve will increase
Reserve continues its ag- in the midst of rising inter- the first half of 2022, which, especially relative to infla- interest rates more aggres-
gressive interest rate cuts est rates and weak economic by some informal definitions, tion, but I'm not sure they sively and raise the risk of a
to bring inflation under growth. The Federal Reserve signals a recession. could realistically hope recession.
control. has aggressively raised inter- for much more," said Ted
est rates in an effort to bring But businesses remain des- Rossman, senior indus- The government's month-
Applications for jobless aid down inflation, which gener- perate to find workers, post- try analyst at Bankrate. ly report on retail sales
for the week ending Sept. 10 ally also slows job growth. ing more than 11 million com. "Consumer spending covers about a third of all
fell by 5,000 to 213,000, the job openings in July, mean- habits are changing as the consumer purchases and
Labor Department reported Earlier this month, the Labor ing there are almost two job pandemic continues to re- doesn't include spending
Thursday. That's the fewest Department reported that vacancies for every unem- cede and inflation remains on most services, ranging
since late May. employers added still-strong ployed American. high." from plane fares and apart-
315,000 jobs in August, ment rents to movie tickets
First-time applications gen- though less than the average Some of that so-called pain Consumer spending ac- and doctor visits. In recent
erally reflect layoffs. 487,000 a month over the has already begun, particu- counts for nearly 70% of months, Americans have
past year. The unemploy- larly in the housing and U.S. economic activity and been shifting their pur-
The four-week average for ment rate ticked up to 3.7%, technology sectors. Online Americans have remained chases away from physical
claims, which offsets some of its highest level since Febru- real estate companies Red- mostly resilient even with goods and more toward
the weekly volatility, fell by ary, but for a healthy reason: Fin and Compass recently inflation near four-decade travel, hotel stays and plane
8,000 to 224,000. Hundreds of thousands of announced job cuts as rising highs. Yet surging prices trips as the threat of the vi-
people returned to the job interest rates have tripped up for everything from mort- rus fades.
The number of Americans market, and some didn't find the housing market. gages to milk have upped
collecting traditional unem- work right away, so the gov-