Plus: Work-from-home policies, an upcoming inflation report, and fridge frustration.
On top of the infamous “K shape” between high- and low-income households, economists also see a widening spending gap between high- and middle-income consumers.
Ashley Morken, owner of Unglued in Fargo, North Dakota, talks about consumer demand, wholesale prices, and labor ahead of the delayed CPI report.
Journalist Maggie Hennessy looked into why so many people are unhappy with their refrigerators, and how manufacturers respond to consumer desires.
Still, even the youngest firms have employees working from home just 1.5 days a week, on average.
A budget structure imposed by the Center’s new leadership would have made funding the company “impossible.”