Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) – Page 84

F.T.C. Sues to Block Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Store Deal

The regulator is trying to stop the largest supermarket merger in history, arguing that the deal would eliminate competition and raise prices for consumers.

By Julie Creswell

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Rents Are Falling. So Why Isn’t That Showing Up in Inflation Data?

Pandemic disruptions may have muddled the measurement of home prices in government data. That could complicate the Fed’s course on interest rates.

By Ben Casselman

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Biden Targets a New Economic Villain: Shrinkflation

Liberals prodded the president for years to blame big corporations for price increases. He is finally doing so, in the grocery aisle.

By Jim Tankersley

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Farmers Clash With Police and Macron at Paris Agricultural Fair

At the annual show where the French countryside comes to the capital, President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to calm a monthlong confrontation were met with anger.

By Liz Alderman

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