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Opinion by Brian Deese for CNN Business Perspectives The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities in America’s domestic manufacturing base. The nation’s reliance on globally fragmented supply chains has led to shortages of everything from personal protective equipment to semiconductors to shipping containers. And these supply weaknesses have been a primary driver of elevated

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Airlines have canceled thousands of flights this weekend as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast. According to FlightAware, nearly 5,000 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled through Saturday and

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Worries over soaring prices and the Omicron variant of the coronavirus soured Americans’ views of the economy in January. US consumer sentiment in January fell nearly 5% to the lowest level since November 2011, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey showed Friday. Survey respondents felt worse about both the

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A key measure of inflation rose 5.8% between December 2020 and December 2021, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. It was the biggest advance since 1982. Energy prices alone rose nearly 30% over the course of 2021, while food prices climbed 5.7%. Stripping out those two components, the core

By Anneken Tappe and Tami Luhby, CNN Business Americans’ paychecks continued to rise at the end of 2021. But along with that, so did prices. Compensation for American workers climbed 4% between December 2020 and December 2021, marking the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Retail and restaurant work is notorious for irregular scheduling and last-minute changes — factors that can harm workers’ lives and the well-being of their families. Despite essential workers being hailed as heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a historically tight labor market, schedule instability has improved little over the past

By Kristin Fisher, CNN The International Space Station has transcended terrestrial political troubles between the United States and Russia for more than two decades. But some former NASA astronauts who spent months floating alongside Russian cosmonauts are worried the current crisis in Ukraine could end the US-Russian partnership in space. The ISS, which is a

By Michelle Toh and Selina Wang, CNN Business Sponsors of the Olympics are walking a tightrope ahead of the Beijing Winter Games next month as worsening geopolitical tensions force them to consider downplaying their involvement without upsetting China. Political fervor in the United States reached a high last month as the White House called for

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Last week’s frightening sight of a local TV reporter being hit by a car during a live shot is sparking conversations and calls for change. The reporter, Tori Yorgey of

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks have slumped this year. So has bitcoin. But gold, by comparison, has had a fairly solid start to the year. The price of the yellow metal is roughly unchanged, hovering just below $1,800 an ounce. Gold prices are up slightly over the past three months as well.

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Covid era of free money is coming to an end. After dropping interest rates to zero in March 2020 to revive the economy, the Federal Reserve is shifting gears and going into inflation-fighting mode. Fed officials indicated Wednesday they plan to raise interest rates in March, launching a series

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Federal Reserve may have a playbook for how it plans to tackle inflation and keep the economy humming along. But as any sports fan knows, the best coaches always have to adapt to what’s happening in the game. Sometimes, the strategy has to change. Investors understandably don’t