Record-breaking heat and pockets of drought are baking farmland across the country, threatening crop yields and squeezing out any remaining wiggle room…
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State Department expands passport phone center hours, and U.S. senator calls for more hiring amid flood of applications
Amid an unprecedented surge in demand for U.S. passport processing, the State Department is expanding its application-processing call-center hours on weekends, as…
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Passengers complain they can’t find flights with Frontier’s all-you-can-fly pass. Here’s how it actually works.
As someone who travels frequently, Denise Smith, a San Francisco Bay Area resident, was thrilled to learn this spring about Frontier Airlines’…
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Buy Buy Baby stores set to shutter as Go Global’s deal to save the chain falls apart at the eleventh hour
Buy Buy Baby’s stores are set to disappear after a last ditch effort to save the chain and keep the business alive fell apart,…
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There’s still a long way to go — but U.S. consumers are starting to feel better about the economy. The University of…
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Federal Reserve credits Taylor Swift with boosting hotel revenues through blockbuster Eras Tour
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is boosting the U.S. economy. Ticket sales for Swift’s concerts have been so explosive, one Federal Reserve office…
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The Federal Reserve raised its key federal funds rate 10 times since March 2022 — something it hasn’t done as aggressively since…
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Inflation fell to 3% in June — the 12th-consecutive month of declines. Forecasts called for 12-month consumer price increases to slow from…
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It took a while, but people are just about done catching up on experiences lost during the pandemic. While a minority of…
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For much of the post-pandemic period, U.S. consumers have experienced rapid price increases that touched nearly every aspect of the economy, from…