Airlines used to give away most of their nicest seats, but they have increasingly found ways to persuade people to pay a lot for them.
Category: Recession and Depression
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How Airlines Turned First-Class Seats From Freebies to a Profit Engine
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Iran War’s Latest Economic Toll: Oil at $115 a Barrel
The New York Times – Business:Economists and investors are increasingly pricing in a slowdown, or even a global recession, if the fighting drags on.
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Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It
The New York Times – Business:The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue.
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The Astonishing Bull Market Will End One Day. Are You Ready?
Big stock gains have always been followed by big losses. Here are tips on how to prepare.
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Trump Aides Raise Recession Fears, and Point Fingers at the Fed
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some sectors were in a recession as he argued for more interest rate cuts.
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Fed Risks a Recession if It Doesn’t Cut Rates Rapidly, Stephen Miran Warns
Stephen I. Miran, the newest member of the central bank’s Board of Governors, thinks some of his colleagues are too worried about inflation.
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The Risk That Built America
Speculation isn’t a bug in America’s economic code, but a crucial component part of the engine, writes Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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A New Rate-Cut Cycle Could Be Fuel on the Stock Market Fire
But with the market already booming and the Federal Reserve under presidential pressure, a new cycle of lower rates could pour fuel onto a fire, our columnist says.
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Despite Dire Warnings, the Economy Is Holding Up. Can That Last?
Economists say it will take time for the effects of trade policies to show up in economic data — but acknowledge they aren’t sure how long.
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France Proposes Cutting Two Public Holidays to Avert Budget Crisis
Drastic measures are necessary “before we are crushed by the debt,” the country’s prime minister warned.
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America’s Summer Hot Spots Wonder: Will the Vacationers Still Come?
Despite signs that consumers are pulling back on some spending, businesses are cautiously hopeful about domestic tourism this summer season.
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Trump’s China Tariffs Are Having a ‘Massive Impact’ on Small Business
A small Vermont business that sells water bottles used by cyclists and others is struggling to adapt to President Trump’s tariffs even after they were temporarily lowered.