NEW YORK — Target plans to invest as much as $5 billion this year expanding services for customers, including a drive up service for returns, renovations at 175 stores and improvements in online shopping. The […]
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up slightly last week after four weeks of declines, a possible sign of stability that could draw in home shoppers with spring buying season weeks away. Mortgage buyer […]
What we have today in federal budget parlance is a “notch baby” scenario. Anyone on Capitol Hill who suffered through the so-called “notch-baby” fiasco for Social Security recipients born between 1917 and 1921 will know […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The confidence of American consumers rebounded this month to end the year on a high note despite high inflation, rising interest rates that have made credit cards and mortgages more expensive, and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the economy, 2022 was a throwback year. And not in a good way. At times, it felt like the 1970s or early ’80s. Inflation running rampant. The United States and its […]
The housing market slump deepened in November as sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the tenth consecutive month — the longest such stretch on records going back to 1999. Existing home sales fell […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. job market remains healthy as fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, despite the Federal Reserve’s rapid interest rate hikes this year intended to bring down inflation and tighten […]
We need strong people in Washington who will stand with Americans and not against them. Which is why we support Bo Hines running for Congress in North Carolinas 13th Congressional District. While Americans are struggling […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Inflation in the United States accelerated in September, with the cost of housing and other necessities intensifying pressure on households, wiping out pay gains and ensuring that the Federal Reserve will keep […]
NEW YORK — Inflation isn’t only costing small businesses money. It’s costing them customers as well. At the Bushwick Grind Cafe in Brooklyn, New York, Kymme Williams-Davis has raised prices and switched to different types […]
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