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The Conference Board said the percentage of consumers saying jobs are “hard to get” rose to 22.5%, a 5½-year high.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
For the eleventh consecutive month, U.S. home values fell in real terms, as April’s 3.8% inflation ran roughly 3 percentage points above the 0.8% home price gain, the survey said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
That figure, the highest entry point in five years, follows a 27% gain over the first quarter that topped early Wall Street forecasts by as much as 15 percentage points.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
This capability is especially important because upcoming surveys are expected to identify millions of supernova candidates, while only a small percentage can realistically receive spectroscopic follow-up observations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026
No money was made available for treating MDR, yet drug-resistant strains were infecting an increasing percentage of the prison population.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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