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Madness At The Grocery Store Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Sometimes it is just a mood. Sometimes it’s the store or the product. Regardless, I can hardly go to the grocery store these days without a sense of shock at how much I’m spending even while buying as little as possible. Money-saving tactics—choosing cheaper venues, substituting products, just eating less—don’t seem to work anymore. Grocery days used to be happy. Smiles all around. The bounty was all around us. We met people and had quick and charming conversations, even talking...

Wayfair CFO's Muted Home-Goods Demand Outlook Offers More Bad News For Realtors Wayfair CFO Kate Gulliver appeared at JPMorgan's conference Monday morning in a discussion with the bank's retail analyst, Christopher Horvers. What caught our attention in the 35-minute conversation, which ranged from the online home-goods retailer's financial position to broader consumer trends, was Gulliver's outlook on home goods and housing markets. A more active housing market typically drives demand for big-ticket home purchases such as sofas, tables, and other furnishings sold on Wayfair's online platform. However, her forecast for the remainder...

Europe's Green Deal Is Unraveling Authored by Mohamed Moutii via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) Over the past decade, Europe has played a leading role in shaping global climate policy, highlighted by the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019—Ursula von der Leyen described it as a “man on the moon moment.” The initiative aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while fostering innovation and strengthening its industrial base. Yet several years later, the results are deeply disappointing. Instead of meeting its goals, the Green Deal is increasingly associated with...