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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Its a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace One key reason is a relatively simple one: Wealthier consumers, boosted by strong gains in income, home equity and stock market wealth, have increasingly driven the spending.That trend, documented by Federal Reserve research, represents something of a shift from the pre-pandemic period. And it suggests that consumer spending, the primary driver of the U.S. economy, could help sustain healthy growth this year and next.READ MORE: Americans spe stanley cup nt more at retailers in July despite higher pricesLower-income consumers, by contrast, have been disproportionately squeezed by higher-priced rent, groceries and other necessities, leaving them less able to spend on discretionary items, li stanley cup ke electronics, entertainment and restaurant meals, than they were before the pandemic. Though their spending is starting to rebound as inflation-adjusted incomes rise, it could be years before their finances fully recover.The disparities help explain the gap between gloomy consumer sentiment and widespread evidence of a healthy U.S. economy 鈥?a major dynamic in the presidential race that is now in its final weeks. Only a portion of the Americ stanley cup an population is fueling most of the growth that is evident in government economic data.The trends also help illustrate how the economy has managed to keep expanding at a solid pace even thou Vlnm Is the U.S. bombing Islamic State Group in Iraq The news is unclear
MEXICO CITY AP 鈥?Mexico and Venezuela announced Saturday that they have restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans migrants in Mexico, the latest move by countries in the region to take on a flood of people traveling north to the stanley cup United States.The move comes as authorities say at least聽10,000 migrants聽a day have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, many of them asylum seekers. It also comes as a migrant caravan of thousands of people from across the region 鈥?largely Venezuelans 鈥?has trekked th adidas campus rough southern Mexico this week.WATCH: White House want stanley cup s Mexico to make it harder for migrants to reach U.S. borderThe repatriation flights are part of an聽agreement聽made between regional leaders during a summit in Mexico in October that aimed to seek solutions for migration levels that show few signs of slowing down.Mexico Ministry of Foreign Relations said the two countries began repatriations with a flight on Friday and a second on Saturday in an effort to strengthen their cooperation on migration issues. The statement also said the two countries plan to implement social and work programs for those repatriated to Venezuela. Mexico and Venezuela reiterate their commitment to address the structural causes that fuel irregular migration in the region, and to achieve a humanitarian management of such flows, the statement read.Mexicos government said it previously carried out a similar repatriation flight last Jan. 20 with 110 people.Venezuelan authorities said Saturday |
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