in the rise of the criminal games of criminal activities, which seeing this since may, this is wendy black. the border crossing was closed and the incursions in alaska continued in this area and forced that proceed to close since may the situation has just carrier. i said on a daily basis, we have seen a huge, significant decrease in, in age. coming into the golfer spent dobbs, so that's a desperation. it's not the desperation of people, people that have what they need. and then some of the desperation that has led to enforce criminal activities. so we're in a situation today is the 1st of december and on right, one of the largest um, 8 providers and with the largest footprint in regards the strip has been forced to suspend on activities of h reply through parent tional. this comes at a time where around the people are begging for pieces of flour and bridge. we are simply not able to bring the supplies in. so this has been going on for days and weeks and, and i'd like to show that this isn't going to actually change anything in terms of how much age we're getting in. we're not able to faci

black friday, 40% off right out of the gate. all these deals. were there a lot more deals this year? give us for from what we saw your ago. wendyck friday. black friday means little or nothing these days. you probably saw deals from amazon, walmart, and target and others pre-black friday. those set the tone and as we moved into the holiday season, retailers were really aggressive. the one time i felt confident as they had listened to the concerns of the american chopper and they realized if they wanted to get them to spend this year, they would have to be very aggressive on discounts. that is what you saw across the board, whether it was luxury, department stores, mass retailers or brands, there were a lot of really good deals if you were willing to play the game and stay it out. vonnie: what about experiences? have experiences held in to the appeal? they were out doing all sorts of other types of shopping on the shopping list. wendy: absolutely and i think the tendency, travel up, people willing to spend on those types of things. essentials maybe they haven't stopped up for in a while. buying things like home fridges or stuff

wendy's, and burger king were pressured into offering meal deals to draw shoppers back. shoppers still opened their wallets, spending a report amount of money online over the extended blackn't. we still buy. >> that spending buoyed a u.s. economy that got help from the federal reserve, which cut interest rates for the first time since 2020. >> we don't want the labor market to soften much from here. >> the fed undid some of its post-pandemic rate increases to avoid a spike in unemployment, which tilted up 0.5% since a year ago. the good news, the pace of price increases in the united states slowed with inflation declining over 2024. now still prices for household staples remain high with the cost of ground beef and eggs up from about a year ago. housing costs are rising too. but many questions face the u.s. consumer going into 2025. >> can you guarantee american families won't pay more? >> i can't guarantee anything. >> prices could rise further under the incoming trump administration's plan to hit america's biggest trade partners with tariffs, leading a charge to import goods could push companies to pass those costs on to consumers, raising the cost of electronics, meat

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