Spending at retail stores was up 3.8% year-over-year from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve, with 10% of it occurring in the last five days of that period.

Public health officials announced earlier this year that drug overdose deaths plateaued countywide in 2023 with 3,092 deaths — the first time in a decade that such fatalities had not continued a year-over-year rise.

The Fed could also change the way it enforces those cash requirements, by averaging the annual stress test’s result over two years to “reduce year-over-year changes” and “reduce the volatility of resulting capital buffer requirements,” the regulator said in a statement.

Sales jumped 4.8% last month from October — a 6.1% gain compared with November 2023 and the largest year-over-year gain since June 2021.

“With Spotlight viewership up 25% year-over-year, there is a unique and growing opportunity for creators to monetize this format in the same way they do with Stories,” Snap said in a statement.