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Companies announced nearly 90,000 layoffs in March, a sharp step up from the previous month.

Companies and policymakers are exploring ways to make their supply chains more resilient by "moving production home or to trusted countries," the IMF said.

Company payrolls rose by 145,000, down from 261,000 in February and below the Dow Jones estimate for 210,000.

Available positions totaled 9.93 million, a drop of 632,000 from January's downwardly revised number.

Inflation has been found to disproportionately affect women — and data is showing that some of the economic progress for American women is already unraveling. 

The personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy was expected to rise 0.4% in February.

Europe learned its lessons after the financial crisis and is now in a strong position to weather further stress in its banking system, several economists and policymakers say.

Jobless claims rose 7,000 from the previous period and were a bit higher than the 195,000 estimate.

The expectation for cuts would be consistent with a recession and an accompanying fall in inflation.

Chairman Jerome Powell and his fellow central bankers will want to signal that it's important to continue the fight to bring down inflation.

The Fed in some ways is both closer and further away from its goals when it first started raising rates.

FedNow creates "a leading-edge payments system that is resilient, adaptive, and accessible," said Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin.

Some market players questioned whether President Christine Lagarde would proceed with a hike, given recent shocks in the banking sector.

Markets have changed their mind — again — about what they think the Federal Reserve will do next week regarding interest rates.

Goldman on Wednesday lowered its 2023 economic growth forecast, citing a pullback in lending from small- and medium-sized banks.

The producer price index was expected to increase 0.3% in February, according to Dow Jones estimates.

The Federal Reserve will likely not raise interest rates at its March meeting as there is still a "boatload of uncertainty" said Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics. 

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core CPI increased 0.5% in February and 5.5% on a 12-month basis.

Markets still expect the Fed to keep up its inflation-fighting efforts, despite high-profile bank failures that have rattled the financial system.

One bank implosion and a cooperative jobs report later, and the market has changed its mind.