Still, manufacturing has moderated and risks further loss of momentum as businesses contend with an inventory overhang and an easing in domestic demand for goods.

President Joe Biden has pointed to declining gas prices as a sign that his policies are helping lessen the higher costs that have hurt household finances.

The new pre-examination pilot program gives employers an additional chance to identify operational errors and self-correct them after the plan has been targeted for audit.

In states that have created auto-IRA programs, employers with plans continue to offer them, and businesses without plans are adopting new ones at rates similar to before the state options were available.