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Consumer balance sheets are still in a good place, Mathews added, and both real disposable income and wages have grown at a steady pace, giving households confidence to keep spending.

Taxes and the minimum wage are set by the state.

If Tuesday’s jobs data show easing wage pressures while unemployment ticks up, this could add to prospects of a rate reduction before year-end.

In Congress, she was an advocate for the Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights, which would establish the right to “decent, affordable and accessible housing, livable wages, and universal health care” among other protections.

"Europe is in the shadow of a war," says German Foreign Minister Boris Pistorius, pointing the finger at Russia, which he accuses of "waging it with maximum brutality, cynicism and ruthlessness."