A spokesman for the bank said Chase decided late last year to stop offering new deposit boxes to customers as a ‘business decision’.
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Resilient U.S. consumers spend slightly more in August
The economy is expected to grow in the third quarter, after shrinking in the first six months of this year.
Germany to spend billions to tackle high energy prices
A fund will be used to limit the price customers pay for natural gas, and the government is dropping a previously proposed surcharge on natural gas.
Fewer people seek U.S. unemployment aid amid solid hiring
It’s a sign that few companies are cutting jobs despite high inflation and a weak economy.
Pumpkin farms adapt to improve soil, lower emissions
This Thanksgiving, your pumpkin pie might have a lower carbon footprint.
Wall Street drops back to lowest since 2020
Worries about a possible recession and rising bond yields put the squeeze back on markets.
In one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills
Most Europeans are watching their energy bills soar as the war in Ukraine drives up the price of natural gas, oil and electricity. Feldheim has been energy self-sufficient for a decade.
Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown, aid Ukraine
The bill finances the federal government through Dec. 16 and buys lawmakers more time to agree on legislation setting spending levels for the 2023 fiscal year.
Republican states sue Biden administration over student loan plan
It’s at least the second legal challenge this week to the sweeping debt-relief proposal laid out by President Biden in late August.
U.S. economy shrank at 0.6% annual rate from April through June
It marked the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, one informal rule of thumb for a recession.