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The producer-price index jumped 3.9% from a year earlier last month, accelerating from a 2.8% increase in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The country recorded a merchandise-trade surplus of 2.72 billion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of about US$1.95 billion, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The share of 16- to 19-year-olds with a job fell last summer to 30.4%, from as high as 49.1% in 1978, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
According to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics, around one in three people aged 16 to 64 are "economically inactive" - unemployed and not currently seeking work - in several communities.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Some of the defects and malformations in tomorrow’s children, grimly anticipated by the Office of Vital Statistics, will almost certainly be caused by these chemicals that permeate our outer and inner worlds.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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