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What Today’s Inflation Numbers Mean for the Stock Market and Your 401(K) and Mortgage

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US President Joe Biden discusses the Biden administration "Cancer: Trip to the Moon" Initiative during an event at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

By Tilly Armstrong, Dailymail.Com’s Assistant Consumer Editor and Alice Wright of Dailymail.Com Published: 08:44 EDT, August 14, 2024 | Updated: 09:59 EDT, August 14, 2024 Consumer prices rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier in July. This is the first time that headline inflation, measured on an annual basis, has fallen below 3 percent since … Read more

Restaurateurs reveal the small changes in diner habits that suggest America may be in serious economic trouble

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Smoke Shop BBQ, which has several locations in the Boston area, has reported a significant slowdown in sales as customers stop eating out.

Americans are starting to tighten their purse strings and eat out less, raising alarm bells among restaurant owners that the U.S. economy may be on the brink. Research firm Circana found that the number of people visiting restaurants fell 2.6 percent during the first half of the year, the Boston Globe reported, a trend driven … Read more