Cost of living
By Ryan HoggDecember 1, 2023
RetailIkea stores owner plans to spend $1.1 billion to cut prices next year in the latest sign of global deflation: ‘Ikea is made for crisis’
By Ryan HoggNovember 29, 2023
RetailSelf-checkout counters encourage shoplifting among middle-class Brits, Marks & Spencer chairman says
By Prarthana PrakashNovember 21, 2023
RetailBlack Friday discounts emerge as a crucial avenue for consumers to stretch their budgets—but analysts are split on whether 2023 will bring booming sales
By Prarthana Prakash and Ryan HoggNovember 17, 2023
FinanceInflation means your grocery bill has skyrocketed ahead of Thanksgiving. Here’s how prices have changed—and why it’s so expensive
By Alice BarlowNovember 10, 2023
FinanceHSBC doubled its profits and is giving shareholders $3 billion in buybacks but the bank’s troubles haven’t ended just yet
By Prarthana PrakashOctober 30, 2023
PoliticsRishi Sunak considers cutting the U.K.’s ‘most unfair tax’—but doing so would help Britain’s ultra-rich the most, says economic research report
By Prarthana PrakashSeptember 27, 2023
RetailStaff at Britain’s biggest grocery chain offered body cameras as abuse by customers climbs: ‘It should not have to be like this’
By Prarthana PrakashSeptember 4, 2023
LifestyleU.K. millennials and Gen Z labeled ‘Guppies’ because they’re ‘giving up on property’—they mostly live with mum and dad
By Prarthana PrakashAugust 10, 2023
Personal FinanceBoomer retirees’ 2024 cost-of-living adjustment is still set to get slashed by more than half
By Alicia AdamczykAugust 7, 2023
Personal FinanceThe boomer retiree class is facing a 50%-plus cut to next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, even amid the highest inflation in a generation
By Alicia AdamczykMay 24, 2023
Personal FinanceInflation is a Great Recession-level event for Americans’ retirement hopes and dreams, long-running survey finds
By Alicia AdamczykApril 28, 2023
Personal FinancePeople are ‘cash-stuffing’ to manage their spending as the cost-of-living crisis bites
By Anna Irrera, Aisha S Gani, Tom Rees and BloombergApril 28, 2023
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