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“Savings went up, consistent with reports of flagging consumer confidence, rising uncertainty about the future and reduced expectations for the future,” Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, said.Consumer and business confidence in the economy has fallen sharply since Trump began rolling out tariffs, and a measure of Americans’ outlook for the future of the economy dropped to a

Many polls find that most of the public sees the economy as fair or poor. A survey last month by the Pew Research Center found that 63% of Americans still see inflation as a “very big problem.”Apparel company Lululemon on Thursday became the latest retailer to warn that slumping consumer confidence will hurt sales, while the parent company of Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, and Johnny Was stores said that sales slowed to start the year as consumer sentiment darkened.Nike previously issued a similar warning and expectations from major retailers like Target and Walmart have grown subdued as customers pull back.

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself he’s the only one who can’t handle longer strolls). And now that the weather is cooling, I’m noticing that some of the plants we encounter along the way look nothing like their mid-summer selves.and dying down, and trees and deciduous shrubs are

here in suburban New York. But that’s not what I mean.

I’m talking about the flowering of plants that are typically valued mostly, if not solely,But many Republican lawmakers, including Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who co-sponsored the bill, were furious when the EEOC stated that the law covered abortions. The EEOC’s commissioners approved the rules in a 3-2 vote along party lines, with both Republican commissioners voting against it.

Joseph vacated the provision of the EEOC regulations that included abortion as a “related medical condition” of pregnancy and childbirth. However, the rest of the regulations still stand.“Victory! A federal court has granted Louisiana’s request to strike down an EEOC rule requiring employers to accommodate employees’ purely elective abortions. This is a win for Louisiana and for life!” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press.

A Better Balance, the advocacy group that spearheaded a decade-long campaign for passage of the law, condemned the ruling.“This court’s decision to deny workers reasonable accommodations for abortion-related needs is part of a broader attack on women’s rights and reproductive freedom,” A Better Balance President Inimai Chettiar said in a statement.