Cost of living

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Ikea stores owner plans to spend $1.1 billion to cut prices next year in the latest sign of global deflation: ‘Ikea is made for crisis’
Retail

Ikea stores owner plans to spend $1.1 billion to cut prices next year in the latest sign of global deflation: ‘Ikea is made for crisis’

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November 29, 2023
People outside a Marks & Spencer store
Retail

Self-checkout counters encourage shoplifting among middle-class Brits, Marks & Spencer chairman says

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November 21, 2023
Black Friday deals line the aisles as shoppers look for bargains
Retail

Black Friday discounts emerge as a crucial avenue for consumers to stretch their budgets—but analysts are split on whether 2023 will bring booming sales

By Prarthana Prakash and Ryan Hogg
November 17, 2023
Inflation means your grocery bill has skyrocketed ahead of Thanksgiving. Here’s how prices have changed—and why it’s so expensive
Finance

Inflation means your grocery bill has skyrocketed ahead of Thanksgiving. Here’s how prices have changed—and why it’s so expensive

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November 10, 2023
people walking outside an HSBC bank branch in London
Finance

HSBC doubled its profits and is giving shareholders $3 billion in buybacks but the bank’s troubles haven’t ended just yet 

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October 30, 2023
rishi sunak speaking pointing his hand upward
Politics

Rishi Sunak considers cutting the U.K.’s ‘most unfair tax’—but doing so would help Britain’s ultra-rich the most, says economic research report

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September 27, 2023
person holding tesco bags
Retail

Staff at Britain’s biggest grocery chain offered body cameras as abuse by customers climbs: ‘It should not have to be like this’

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September 4, 2023
a woman sitting by a window sill and looking outside
Lifestyle

U.K. millennials and Gen Z labeled ‘Guppies’ because they’re ‘giving up on property’—they mostly live with mum and dad

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August 10, 2023
Upset woman thinking about high prices while looking at utilities, gas, electricity, rental charges, water bill due to inflation and crisis. Planning personal budget while sitting in kitchen. Weighing options on how to save money
Personal Finance

Boomer retirees’ 2024 cost-of-living adjustment is still set to get slashed by more than half 

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August 7, 2023
Senior couple sitting at the kitchen table looking at digital tablet and recalculating their expenses.
Personal Finance

The boomer retiree class is facing a 50%-plus cut to next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, even amid the highest inflation in a generation

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May 24, 2023
Two Young Grandchildren Sitting With Grandpa Reading Book
Personal Finance

Inflation is a Great Recession-level event for Americans’ retirement hopes and dreams, long-running survey finds

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April 28, 2023
People are ‘cash-stuffing’ to manage their spending as the cost-of-living crisis bites
Personal Finance

People are ‘cash-stuffing’ to manage their spending as the cost-of-living crisis bites

By Anna Irrera, Aisha S Gani, Tom Rees and Bloomberg
April 28, 2023
New York City
Finance

Taxes and cost of living make your $300,000 salary more like $100,000 in New York and San Francisco

By Jo Constantz and Bloomberg
April 15, 2023
How much money you need to make to live comfortably in America’s 10 most expensive cities
Personal Finance

How much money you need to make to live comfortably in America’s 10 most expensive cities

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April 12, 2023
Jamie Dimon
Success

Jamie Dimon says the ‘frayed American dream’ can only be fixed in 2 ways: Bridging the skills gap and paying people more

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April 4, 2023

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