Frustrated Dollar Tree shoppers threaten to ditch the store after it announces $7 items

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As Dollar Tree starts to offer more-expensive items, some shoppers say they'd rather shop at other stores such as Walmart.

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Discount chain 99 Cents Only Stores is winding down its business and selling hundreds of branches

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Shoppers use plastic grocery bags after shopping at the 99 Cents Only Store on June 18, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
The chain opened its first store in Los Angeles in 1982.

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10 popular McDonald's menu items that cost up to 168% more now than a decade ago

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McDonald's has increased prices faster than other major fast-food chains since 2014.

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Robert Kiyosaki, David Einhorn, and Gary Shilling are all worried about inflation — and so is the Fed

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"Rich Dad Poor Dad" author Robert Kiyosaki.

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Some people are being given thousands of dollars with no strings attached in universal basic income trials. They mostly spend the cash wisely.

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A universal basic income is paid to all, regardless of wealth or employment status.

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Why the Fed's first rate cut could be delayed until March 2025 if inflation stays stubbornly high

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Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, Capitol Hill in Washington.

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The Fed's first rate cut is still on pace for June with inflation dropping like a rock, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is likely to start reducing the Fed's balance sheet this year, analysts say.

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Bumper corporate profits helped prevent mass layoffs and a recession, says leading economist

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Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody's Analytics.

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Car insurance rates are at a 50-year high. Here's 3 ways you can keep your costs low, according to an expert

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Car insurance rates are at a 50-year high, largely due to post-pandemic crash rates and climate change.

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There's no reason why the Fed should cut rates right now, JPMorgan market strategist says

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on July 26, 2023 at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced that it will raise the interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing the benchmark borrowing rate to a range of 5.25% and 5.5%.

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