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   From: bks@panix.com   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | Layoff announcements top 1.1 million this year, the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | most since 2020 pandemic   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | Plummet   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | America's affordability crunch is real -- and worse   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | under Trump   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>>> | As affordability concerns mount, Hill Republicans are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> | struggling to act   
      
   >>>>>>>>>> | Half of those surveyed said they find it difficult to pay   
   >>>>>>>>>> | for food. And a majority, 55 percent, blame the Trump   
   >>>>>>>>>> | administration for the high prices -- even as the White   
   >>>>>>>>>> | House emphasizes its focus on affordability and the economy   
   >>>>>>>>>> | ahead of the midterm.   
      
    |   
    | The unemployment rate rose in November, a warning sign for   
    | the health of a labor market that has been strained by   
    | federal layoffs and rising costs.   
    |   
    | The jobless rate last month rose to 4.6 percent up from 4.4   
    | percent in September, the last month for which officials   
    | had a full picture of the labor force before the weekslong   
    | government shutdown. It is the highest unemployment rate   
    | since September 2021, when the economy was emerging from   
    | the pandemic, and an increase from 4.0 percent in January.   
    | ...   
      
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