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U.S. unemployment rose from an annual average of 4.0% in 2024 to monthly readings around 4.1–4.3% in early-to-mid 2025, with the December 2024 jobless rate at 4.1% and August 2025 at 4.3% (monthly) — ...
The most recent official monthly CPI release available in these sources shows U.S. headline CPI year‑over‑year at 3.0% for the 12 months ending September 2025 (CPI‑U) and core PCE at 2.8% annual in Se...
As of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics releases cited in available reporting, headline U.S. consumer inflation (CPI) stood at about 3.0% on a 12‑month basis in September 2025; several secondary s...
Canada exported about US$12.37 billion worth of aluminum in 2024, with roughly US$11.22–11.49 billion of that flowing to the United States, making the U.S. by far Canada’s dominant market (TradingEcon...
Since Nicolás Maduro took office in 2013 the bolívar has collapsed in value versus the U.S. dollar: inflation turned into hyperinflation, multiple redenominations removed zeros (including a 2021 cut o...
The "$40 billion" figure most commonly appears in reporting and commentary about Venezuela in two contexts: (a) an often-cited estimate of the value tied to Venezuelan assets, claims or alleged losses...
Through April 2025, BLS monthly releases show cumulative job gains of 143,000 in January, 177,000 in April and 228,000 in March, plus other monthly figures; adding the known monthly BLS totals for Jan...
Silver has surged roughly 100–115% year‑to‑date in 2025, trading around $62–64/oz in mid‑December after briefly touching record highs; analysts cite ETF inflows, retail buying and a supply deficit as ...
Debt held by the public is roughly in the range of about 115–119 percent of GDP today, depending on the measure and cut of the data — the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Economic Committee put “...
Headline U.S. inflation — as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — was about 3.0% on a 12‑month basis through September 2025, with core inflation (CPI excluding food and energy) also near 3.0% ...
US inflation has eased from its 2023 highs but exact current CPI figures for the US are not in the provided sources; Euro‑area inflation was about 2.2% in November 2025 (flash estimate) and the UK’s C...
For 2024 Sweden’s personal income tax combined local-plus-state structure meant most taxpayers paid a municipal tax (around an average of 32%) and high earners paid an additional national/state tax of...
Energy prices moved sharply at moments between 2021 and 2025 and contributed to headline CPI volatility, but multiple analysts and datasets indicate they were not the sole or primary driver of the 202...
Reuters quantified December 2025 crude and gasoline market moves primarily by reporting traded futures settlement prices for Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), percent changes session-to-se...
As of the most recent official monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) release cited in the available sources, U.S. headline CPI inflation was 3.0% on a 12‑month basis for the period ending September 2025 ...
Canada’s federal (accounting) debt — the difference between total liabilities and total assets — was reported at $1,236.2 billion (about $1.24 trillion) at March 31, 2024 according to the Government o...
Yes — based on the most recent official tallies, imported a larger value of services from than it imported in goods: services imports from the U.S. are reported at roughly €427 billion, compared with ...
The spot price of gold on or around January 17, 2026, sits in the mid‑$4,500s per troy ounce, with quoted values in major price feeds ranging roughly from $4,595 to $4,630 per ounce depending on the p...
Independent, nonpartisan statistical agencies and surveys — chiefly the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Federal Reserve data series aggregated by the St. Louis Fed’s FRED — provide the backbone f...
Europe’s continental land area is commonly reported at about 10 million square kilometres, with most mainstream sources giving figures between roughly 9.94 million km² and 10.19 million km² depending ...