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Your New Shopping Assistant Is an Algorithm : Here's What It Means for Your WalletSeptember 3, 2026Your New Shopping Assistant Is an Algorithm : Here's What...
The holiday shopping assistant of 2026 may not be a cheerful employee in a red vest. It may be an algorithm sitting inside your phone, browser, or favorite chatbot. You tell it what you need...
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The K-Shaped Holiday: Why This Year's Shopping Season Won't Look Like the CommercialsSeptember 2, 2026The K-Shaped Holiday: Why This Year's Shopping Season Won't Look...
The holiday shopping season is coming, and the headlines will soon begin their annual parade: Record sales. Strong consumer. Holiday magic. Some of that may be true. Much of it will also be ...
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Your Raise Is Losing to Your Grocery BillSeptember 1, 2026Your Raise Is Losing to Your Grocery Bill
There is a phrase that sounds comforting until it reaches the checkout counter: cooling inflation. The latest numbers say consumer prices rose only 0.1% in July from the month before. Annual...
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The Trade War With Canada Just Got Personal : and It's Going to Show Up on a Window StickerAugust 31, 2026The Trade War With Canada Just Got Personal : and...
Trade wars sound like something that happens in government buildings, surrounded by flags, microphones, and people wearing expensive suits. This one is headed somewhere much more familiar: t...
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Why the Fed Doesn't Set Your Mortgage RateAugust 30, 2026Why the Fed Doesn't Set Your Mortgage Rate
The Federal Reserve gets blamed for almost everything involving interest rates. Credit cards? The Fed. Car loans? The Fed. Your mortgage? Well, sort of. But not exactly. The Fed sets a short...
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Unemployment Fell. That's the Bad News.August 29, 2026Unemployment Fell. That's the Bad News.
There are good ways for unemployment to fall. One is that employers hire more people, pay decent wages, and give workers enough confidence to keep looking for jobs. The other is that people ...
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