Tag: presents
6 Things You Can Buy With 10 Bucks on the Internet
To curb high inflation from significant money printing during the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve, America’s central banking system, began raising interest rates in March 2022. By July 2023, the Fed raised interest rates for the 11th time in 17 months—taking rates to their highest level in 22 years. For “maximum employment and price stability,”…
Brits buying 145 million extra presents online, 1 billion in total
Brits are due to buy an extra 145 million presents online this year due to the Covid-19 crisis – meaning more than one billion presents will be purchased electronically. Experts have calculated that the excess packaging from all the presents being delivered online is going to see an additional 150,000 trips by delivery vans –…
1 in 4 adults buying Christmas presents for themselves
Almost a quarter of adults plan to buy a Christmas present for themselves this year – because they don’t expect many gifts from others and think they deserve a treat. A study of 2,000 Brits found 12 per cent are planning to splash out on their own games console while 15 per cent want to…
