High Consumer Spending Hides Struggle For Low-Income Americans. How Budget Apps Can Help – Forbes Advisor

High Consumer Spending Hides Struggle For Low-Income Americans. How Budget Apps Can Help – Forbes Advisor

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors’ opinions or evaluations. Despite rising inflation and elevated interest rates, Americans are still using their credit cards. A Boston Federal Reserve Bank study suggests that this consumer spending resilience has less to do with broad economic health…

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Food delivery apps depend on cheap immigrant labor to survive, research shows

Food delivery apps depend on cheap immigrant labor to survive, research shows

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Algorithm-based digital platforms like Uber Eats have revolutionized the food delivery industry over the past decade. But the surcharge for consumer convenience has its own cost, according to new research published in the Journal of Canadian Labour Studies. According to the researchers, the industry’s rapid growth is based on two fundamentals:…

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