California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work. A ban on single-use bags included an exemption for bags meant to be reused and recycled. Except, they weren’t. New legislation aims to fix that.
Carrefour Drops PepsiCo Products in France Over High Prices Carrefour, a supermarket chain, said the maker of Pepsi, Lay’s and 7-Up was keeping its food “unacceptably” expensive despite falling inflation.
Americans May Be Taking On Too Much Pay-Later ‘Phantom Debt’ Buying mattresses, clothes and other goods on installment plans has propped up spending, but economists worry that such loans could put some people at risk.
How Lags in Statistics Skew the Inflation Picture The number you want depends on the question you’re asking.
Prices for Some Goods Are Actually Falling This Holiday Season As inflation slows, prices for some physical goods are falling outright, which could lift consumers’ spirits.