Lara Williams, Columnist

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Normal

A lot of us struggled to be grateful last Thanksgiving due to the isolation of Covid. This year, we’re serving up charts full of reasons to give thanks.

Not this year, Zoom.

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Where’s your holiday cheer? We’re just days away from Thanksgiving, but Americans aren’t feeling good at all.

Almost two-thirds of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. Consumer sentiment about the economy and their finances is at a 10-year low, due largely to concerns about rising prices. Indeed, high inflation fears could become a self-fulfilling prophecy the way people are shopping, according to Michael R. Strain.