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Economy, Energy

“Why $4 per gallon gas this spring isn’t out of the question”

“Don’t look now, but gas prices are heading back up, and GasBuddy predicts the national average could hit $4 again in a couple of months. The price for a gallon of regular is up more than 13% nationally over the… Continue Reading…

Economy

“…8.7% Social Security cost-of-living increase starts in 2023…”

“…“Your Social Security benefits will increase by 8.7% in 2023 because of a rise in cost of living,” the Social Security Administration states in the annual statements it is currently sending to beneficiaries. The 8.7% increase will be the highest in 40… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Inflation: ‘No quick relief in rent increases,’ economist explains”

“Inflation has been a persistent nightmare, and rising rents nationwide are partly to blame. Unfortunately for renters, things are unlikely to get better this year. “No quick relief in rent increases,” Alan Detmeister, a senior economist at UBS, told Yahoo… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Kellogg shares jump on plans to separate into three companies”

“Kellogg announced Tuesday that it plans to separate into three independent public companies, sectioning off its iconic brands into distinct snacking, cereal and plant-based businesses. Shares of the company rose 6.5% in premarket trading on the announcement… Combined, Kellogg’s plant-based division… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Wholesale prices rose 10.8% in May, near a record annual pace”

“…The producer price index, a measure of the prices paid to producers of goods and services, rose 0.8% for the month and 10.8% over the past year. The monthly rise was in line with Dow Jones estimates and a doubling… Continue Reading…

Energy

“OPEC+ bows to pressure and agrees to increase size of oil output hikes by 50%”

“OPEC+ will increase the size of its oil-supply hikes by about 50 per cent, bowing to months of pressure from major consumers including the U.S. to help ease the pain of high energy prices. Ministers agreed on Thursday that the… Continue Reading…

Personal Finance

“Consumer complaints up 31% since 2018 about collection attempts for medical debt not actually owed, federal watchdog finds”

“For some consumers, medical debt they don’t even owe appears to ends up haunting them anyway. Complaints jumped 31% from 2018 to 2021 about debt collectors attempting to get consumers to fork over amounts that already were paid or otherwise… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Twitter shares soar more than 20% after Elon Musk takes 9% stake in social media company”

“Outspoken Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased a giant stake in Twitter that makes him the largest outside shareholder in the social media stock, not long after criticizing the company for what he said was its failure to uphold the tenets of free speech. Musk owns… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Inflation rose 7.9% in February, as food and energy costs push prices to highest in more than 40 years”

“…The consumer price index, which measures a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, increased 7.9% over the past 12 months, a fresh 40-year high for the closely followed gauge, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics… Food prices rose… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Inflation surges 7.5% on an annual basis, even more than expected and highest since 1982”

“…The consumer price index for January, which measures the costs of dozens of everyday consumer goods, rose 7.5% compared with a year ago, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That compared with Dow Jones estimates of 7.2% for the closely watched… Continue Reading…