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Consumer spending cools as inflation continues to weigh on Americans

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By Steve Thompson Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
Consumer spending cools as inflation continues to weigh on Americans (washingtonpost.com) Consumer spending cools as inflation continues to weigh on Americans By Steve Thompson 2026082616010300 Americans pulled back on spending in July, as inflation continued to weigh on the economy, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis In July, consumer spending rose by 0.2 percent, which was down slightly from 0.3 percent growth a month earlier.
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As debt surpasses $40 trillion, the bill for Washington spending comes due

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By David Lynch Verified, Steve Thompson Verified
| MSN Verified
Year after year, the federal government has spent more than it collected in taxes. Each annual shortfall increased the national debt, slowly at first and then by leaps, defying warnings of an inevitable reckoning. Now, the reckoning may be at hand. This week's bond market sell-off brought government borrowing costs to their highest level in almost two decades and prompted an extraordinary Treasury Department intervention.
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After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices

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By David Lynch Verified, Steve Thompson Verified
| Flipboard
10 hours ago With 63 years of timey-wimey adventures under its belt, Doctor Who has had a slew of characters that many a Whovian would cite as some of the most underappreciated in the Whoniverse. There’s Belinda Chandra, Danny Pink, and even Classic Who characters like Katarina and Sara Kingdom. However, for me, …
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