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Online shopping is already booming this holiday season. November and December online shopping is projected to top US$200 billion for the first time. And as online shopping increases, so do online scams.
New federal jobs data shows the number of first-time filers for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in decades.
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his administration will release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help address skyrocketing energy costs.
Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending November 13, 2021.
There are 10.4 million job openings in the U.S., the Department of Labor said Friday, a figure that's well above the number of unemployed Americans.
(The Center Square) - The costs of goods and services rose at above-normal rates again in October, as new federal economic data released Tuesday show inflation continuing to impact the U.S. economy.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the producer price index, a figure that measures wholesale prices, grew another 0.6% in October, after increasing 0.7% in August and 0.5% in September. Overall, the figures show that inflation has grown 8.6% in the past 12 months ending in October, tying a record set earlier this year.
Americans should expect to pay significantly more to heat their homes this winter, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says.
Congress passed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill over the weekend, ending months of tense negotiations and blockage from progressive Democrats while leaving the larger reconciliation bill and its contents up for grabs.
Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending November 6, 2021.
Daylight saving time ends in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 7, 2021, and most of us will be setting our clocks back an hour. There is a long-running debate about the benefit of the time change, given how it disrupts humans' circadian rhythms, causing short-term stress and fatigue.
