1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (605+ words) It’s Labor Day weekend, and I hope my fellow Americans enjoy laboring, because we’re all going to be doing a lot more of it in order to afford food. And gas. And pretty much everything. The long weekend was ushered…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (24+ words) USA Today U.S. credit scores falling fastest since 2009 amid high living costs...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (545+ words) Earnings reports over the past month from a slate of U.S. supermarkets, home improvement stores, restaurants and luxury brands have shown consumers directing most of their spending toward essentials and putting off big projects, while still making room for affordable treats…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (367+ words) Walmart became the latest retailer to say it will be using its tariff refunds to lower prices for its shoppers. In the retailer's earnings call Aug. 20, Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey said Walmart received $2.9 billion in tariff refunds, which…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (237+ words) President Donald Trump again pressured the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark for interest rates, insisting rates are “artificially high” the same day the Treasury Department announced the U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion, though many forecasters are still predicting…...