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42% of Americans are willing to pay more when shopping local to support small businesses. Here’s how people’s expenses split when it comes to where they shop:
Source: Empower “Shopping List” study, 2024.
42% of Americans are willing to pay more when shopping local to support small businesses. Here’s how people’s expenses split when it comes to where they shop:
Source: Empower “Shopping List” study, 2024.
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🍽️ Off the table
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For those hosting Thanksgiving this year, 84% of Americans say these dinner conversations are off the table. Here's this week's money news.
Retro tastes: Food companies reboot old favorites
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Food brands bring popular items back to the menu, driving both nostalgia and business.
Capital markets perspective: It’s that last quarter-mile that gets you
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The economy continues to lurch along in fits-and-starts like runners on the final leg of a road race, but the good news is the Fed isn’t in a rush to keep cutting rates.