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July Fourth saw big crowds, congested highways and full airplanes as tens of millions of Americans celebrated not only the country’s independence but their own liberation from the pandemic. There were ...

Over the past year and a half, inflation has fallen sharply — from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to 3.1% last month, as measured by the consumer price index. Of course, for consumers, many of whom say ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When prices go down, it’s generally considered a good thing—at least when it comes to your favorite shopping destinations. When ...

Have you, or your wallet, been missing the soothing comfort of the Before Times in recent months? Aside from a blissful lack of novel coronaviruses and major acts of political violence, 2019 -- while ...

In the 2010s, an uprising by underpaid fast-food workers led to a national movement for a $15 minimum wage. Today, that movement has led to a push by mainstream Democrats to make that dream a reality ...

When most investors think about inflation, they think about the Consumer Price Index. But for the Federal Reserve’s decisions on interest rates, another government report looms larger: the Personal ...