October 19 'Nobody's spending $17 on an egg sandwich': Restaurant owners say inflation forcing tough menu choices Restaurant owners such as sandwich shop operator Michael Brafman struggle with rising protein costs and menu pricing decisions as inflation threatens customer loyalty and profit margins.
October 18 Drought conditions leave pumpkin farmers with empty fields and smaller crops Many pumpkin patches won't look the same this year as drought conditions across the United States leave farmers with empty fields. Since pumpkins are made up of at least 80% water, farmers say many of them couldn't survive the dry season.
October 17 Farmageddon: Trump’s trade war and shutdown are crushing the heartland Representative proposes ending trade wars and reopening government to help struggling farmers facing bankruptcy amid rising production costs and lost markets.
September 28 Why Gen Z doesn't want to have kids High housing costs, student debt, and expensive childcare are driving Generation Z away from parenthood, threatening America's population replacement rate.
September 18 Why your parents could afford a house on one salary – but you can’t on two President Nixon's 1971 policy severing the dollar from gold created inflation and stagnant wages, and destroyed middle-class financial security for generations.
August 27 What Fed must do now after Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole epiphany Federal Reserve chairman acknowledges tariffs create only one-time price adjustments, not inflation spirals, as calls grow for aggressive 100 basis point rate cuts.
August 16 America's tipping culture spirals from 15% to 30% as digital guilt trip kicks in Digital payment terminals now suggest 30% tips for basic services, shifting wage responsibility from employers to customers through guilt-inducing technology prompts.
August 12 Trump blasts ‘Too Late’ Powell again, threatens lawsuit over Fed’s $3B HQ renovations Trump on Tuesday ramped up his pressure on Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, threatening to allow a lawsuit over the central bank’s $3.1 billion renovation project to move forward.
August 12 Stocks soar in response to July inflation report Council of Economic Advisers chair Stephen Miran joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the July inflation report, how tariffs play into the CPI report, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the BLS and more.
August 8 The 78 cent opinion: Why stamp prices surge while mail volume plummets USPS posted a $6.5 billion loss in 2023 while raising stamp prices from 55 to 78 cents since 2020, even as first-class mail volume drops over 50% since 2001.
