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Sabrina Leonard’s life has grown more difficult over the past two years. The 49-year-old Spring Hill, Kansas, resident has watched her rent, utilities and grocery bills steadily rise while her paycheck has remained the same. Things came to a head in early 2025. She was $600 short on rent, $700…

Lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve are often something you can only fully appreciate in hindsight. A single quarter-point cut won’t move the needle on a household’s budget. Multiple cuts over time, however, are where the real savings start to add up.  If officials at the U.S. central bank…

Cracker Barrel warned during the company’s earnings call on Tuesday that its turnaround is moving at a slower pace than hoped after the company was mired in controversy over the summer after an attempted rebrand angered consumers. Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino acknowledged that first-quarter results “were below our expectations amid…

The share of small businesses raising their selling prices jumped by an all-time high in November as inflationary pressure continued to impact businesses and consumers, according to a new report by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). NFIB’s monthly report on small business economic trends for November found a 13-point…