Austen Hufford is a U.S. Manufacturing Reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He covers a range of topics including inflation, markets, and unemployment, often exploring the implications of economic policies under the Biden administration. Austen's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal.
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Austen Hufford's coverage heavily emphasizes data and government announcements, particularly focusing on finance and business-related topics within the United States. His articles often delve into economic indicators, labor market trends, inflation, and GDP.
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Convention halls across the country are filling up again, restoring a vital source of economic fuel that had been cut off during the pandemic.
Companies are resisting layoffs even as economic weakness looms.
The rate at which workers are voluntarily leaving employers is approaching prepandemic levels.
By: Austen Hufford, Maddie Mcgarvey
Bath & Body Works wanted suppliers to set up in an Ohio city near its headquarters. The result was a production effort with little parallel in corporate America.
By: Austen Hufford
Underlying supplier price increases were subdued last month, adding to signs of cooler U.S. inflation that could support a pause in Federal Reserve rate increases. Higher gasoline, jet fuel and diesel pric
By: Austen Hufford
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S., Israel and other countries are involved in talks with Hamas to free hostages. “Negotiations are ongoing,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union. “It is difficult. It is challenging.” Sullivan also said Hamas is preventing Americans and other fore
By: Austen Hufford
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to support humanitarian pauses so that hostages held by Hamas can be released safely. That is a measure that the U.S. sees as different from a full cease-fire. Speaking on CBS’ Face the Nation, Sullivan didn't specify how
By: Austen Hufford
Is spending cooling as the holidays arrive? Economists estimate sales fell in October for the first time since March.
By: Austen Hufford, Sarah Nassauer
Economists estimate sales at stores, at dealerships and online fell in November.
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