@#1 ... Other businesses, however, have implemented a "trickle up" strategy to price hikes, economists wrote, where they increase costs slowly over time. It's a boil-the-frog pricing approach that allows them to recoup tariff costs through higher prices, while passing down expenses to consumers slowly to avoid sticker shock. This tactic also gives firms flexibility to accelerate price hikes should tariff rates increase. ... ...

With Pres Trump continually threatening to implement more and more tartiifs, I can see why some folk are of the opinion that inflation is not about to hit the 2% target rate anytime soon ...

@#2 ... Of all the things they finally grow a spine about, it's cars. ...

Taking baby steps....

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... While the American youth sports machine has morphed into a $40 billion-a-year private industry fueled by early specialization, Norway has chosen a less intensive path.

Norway's grassroots approach prioritizes enjoyment over winning and favors multisport participation. Star football striker Erling Haaland, 25, grew up playing a variety of sports, including handball and track and field, despite his father's football career in the English Premier League.

The model has drawn attention following the men's national team's first-ever run to the World Cup quarterfinals, highlighted by a 2-1 victory over five-time champions Brazil. With 5.6 million inhabitants, Norway has the smallest population among the eight nations remaining in the World Cup.

Decades of Norwegian sports culture have focused on promoting widespread participation, deferring early selection and reducing pressure on youth, offering a sharp contrast to the elite-driven model found in countries like the US and UK. ...

@#22 ... Oh really? Higher gas prices, higher costs on everything, LNG shortage, helium shortage, fertilizer shortage, US soldiers killed, at least one billion being spent every day, Gulf States and US military bases under attack, countries around the world facing power and supply shortages... ...

Pres Trump says that the US is in full control of the Strait, yet the number of ships successfully navigating the Strait each day is a small (very small) fraction of the 130+ that did so before Pres Trump's war closed the Strait.

Now Iran may be starting to realize that control of the Strait is a better way to get global attention than having a nuke.

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... President Donald Trump promoted a network of Philadelphia-area gas stations offering discount prices as a gift to the American people around Independence Day.

It's not clear who's footing the bill.

The White House has said only that the venture is a private company willing to take a hit on its profit margins to help American drivers struggling with high prices following the war in Iran. Trump himself said on social media it is backed by a "VERY smart Retailer" that is "doing this because they love the U.S.A."

The Freedom Fuel Network's bare-bones website lists the 25 participating stations across southeastern Pennsylvania and south Jersey. Many of those stations changed their branding to the Freedom Fuel Network virtually overnight, according to local newsreports.

More than a half-dozen fuel industry analysts and officials, including some who work with retailers in the two states, told POLITICO they had no idea who was behind the effort and were baffled at how the retailer could survive offering discounts of up to 50 cents per gallon, well below market rate. ...

@#3 ... That's because we're on the downslope of the 17 years of baby-boomer retirements. Hello? ...

I suspected one cause may be something along those lines.

But that still leaves open the question of why Florida seems to be relying upon the old population growth rate?