It’s a strange year for celebrating Easter Sunday. The pandemic has shut down so much of the U.S. so that the usual Easter activities aren’t happening. In addition, about half of Americans say they won’t be buying Easter candy, a new outfit, or Easter foods this year.
About 68 percent of Americans who observe Easter say their Easter spending will be affected by the coronavirus this year. Worshippers don’t want to stay home: 56 percent who went to church on Easter Sunday last year say they’ll go this year, if it’s open.
Be alert for scams related to the pending federal stimulus package. While a deal has been negotiated and the bill awaits final votes and the president’s signature, Congress’ economic relief package proposes to send money to individual Americans due to financial distress caused by COVID-19.
Happy New Year. I spent most of yesterday working on an article about the top consumer stories of 2019. Today, I’ll be working on the top consumer stories of the decade. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
As usual, most of the end-of-the-year, round-up articles are about national issues or corporations. If consumers are mentioned, it’s usually about how they’re responding to some corporation. For the most part, it’s been a grim year for consumers.
The New Year is approaching fast, and money continues to be America’s top concern with almost 99 million people planning to make a financial resolution for 2020. A survey found the No. 1 financial resolution for men is to save more and for women to pay off debt.
Facts and figures for Labor Day 2019 include 1894 was the year Congress officially made the first Monday in September a federal holiday and 35 percent of the work force belonged to unions in the 1950s compared to 10.5 percent in 2018.
The Department of Justice said Friday it wouldn’t challenge the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. The approval comes as the two wireless companies have reportedly agreed to a divestiture plan to sell some of their assets to satellite TV company DISH.
I’m happy I got my taxes mailed on Saturday. I’m not so happy my refund has gone down substantially. I
