Rising prices for candy, costumes and pumpkins - coupled with a post-pandemic surge in interest in Halloween - will likely send holiday sales to a record-breaking $10.6 billion this year. Read more» 
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Consumer prices rose by an average of 7% in U.S. cities last year, the steepest rise in decades, and they grew even faster in the Phoenix metro area, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read more»
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