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Retailers pare back their seasonal hiring to prepare for ho-hum holidays

BY: - November 24, 2023

Economists, as well as retailers, have signaled that they are worried about the effects of the return of student loan payments on the health of the economy.

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Will plummeting retail sales deal another blow to Pa.’s bottom line? | Thursday Morning Coffee

BY: - April 16, 2020

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers.  Already facing a grim spring from the public health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania’s budget picture got a bit more bleak on Wednesday with the news that retail sales were down sharply in March, dealing a blow to sales tax collections. Retail sales dropped 8.7 percent last month, according […]