The price of menstrual products is skyrocketing from inflation, tariffs

[ad_1] Always products are displayed on a shelf in a supermarket in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 29, 2024.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters Rising inflation and ever-changing tariff policies have led to higher prices across store shelves over the past few years, squeezing consumers’ budgets. An often overlooked example: menstrual products. The average price of … Read more

Russia’s war on Ukraine puts women off having children — and that could spell economic disaster

[ad_1] A woman and a baby look out of a window of a train in Kyiv, Ukraine. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Four years of war between Russia and Ukraine are beginning to take their toll on the countries’ demographics as the conflict puts women off — or prevents them — from … Read more

Week in review: Behind the stock market’s wild swings – plus, 7 trades we made

[ad_1] Stocks bounced back Friday, but not enough to recover the week’s earlier losses. All three major averages posted gains — with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S & P 500 each adding about 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.9% — after New York Fed President John Williams suggested that a December … Read more

Wall Street barrels toward final week of October against backdrop of Big Tech earnings, Fed meeting

[ad_1] Wall Street is barreling toward a big week ahead with Big Tech earnings, a critical Federal Reserve meeting and an important meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping that could set the tone for the rest of the year. Stocks are on pace to wrap up a strong October next week. … Read more