Marketing

The monthly data is drawn from two surveys. This time, one was quite strong, and the other flashed warning signs.

The latest data could add to fears that the labor market remains too hot to bring inflation fully under control.

The government targeted companies involved in making seafood, aluminum and footwear, citing their links to labor programs affecting Chinese minorities.

Federal Reserve officials are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at their meeting this week. They will also release a fresh set of economic projections.

The agreement, if ratified, will cover 1,600 workers making batteries for General Motors in Ohio. The union said it would be a model for efforts elsewhere.

But rising trade barriers pose a long-term threat to global output as protectionist policies spread, the bank said.

Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers.

The latest data could help to restore policymakers’ conviction that inflation is in the process of returning to the Federal Reserve’s goal.

Federal Reserve officials signaled that interest rates could stay higher this year as policymakers pause to ensure they’ve stamped out inflation.