This is the Marketplace Minute. I'm Justin Ho. Stocks closed higher on Thursday. The Dow

gained a tenth of a percent, the S&P Rose half a percent, and the NASDAQ added 9 tenth percent. The prices consumers paid

for goods and services rose in January by 3 tenths percent according to the

Bureau of Economic Analysis. Over the last year prices were up 2.8% when you strip out the

volatile food and energy categories. That year-over-year inflation figure has been coming

down over the last few months, but it's still higher than the Federal Reserve's inflation target.

The same report found that people's incomes have been rising to, up 1% in January from the month before.

Part of that was because Social Security benefits

went up. And the number of people signing up for unemployment benefits rose last week to

215,000. That's according to the Labor Department. The number of continuing claims rose too.

I'm Justin Ho with the Marketplace Minute. You're going to.