Holiday Inflation Hits Virginia Wallets
Virginia businesses prepare for inflation-driven holiday season challenges.
Virginia businesses prepare for inflation-driven holiday season challenges.
In 2025, the U.S. economy is throwing curveballs like it’s trying out for the Yankees, but America’s biggest corporations are acting like it’s just another Monday. Why the hush-hush? Let’s decode the silence, fact-check the spin, and throw in some data that even your conspiracy-theorist uncle can’t argue with.
Jerome Powell hasn’t made a peep this August, which means either the economy is finally behaving or he’s trapped in a spreadsheet somewhere. Here’s a satirical look at what happens when the Federal Reserve goes radio silent—and why that’s both comforting and terrifying.
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