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● Gas Prices
Gas Falls to $4.02, Down 34 Cents in a Month, AAA Says
Prices are still about a dollar above where they stood a year ago, when the national average was $3.07.
Economy
● Space
NASA Opens $10B Moon Base Contest to 8 Firms, Led by SpaceX, Blue Origin
The $10 billion is a 10-year ceiling for future orders, not money already awarded.
● Taxes
IRS lifts 2027 standard deduction to $16,600 for single filers
Married couples get $33,200, and the child tax credit rises $100 to $2,300 in the agency's new inflation adjustments.
● Social Security
Social Security Faces 22% Cut in 2032 as Divided Congress Looks for a Deal
With Democrats holding the House and Senate for the rest of Trump's term and a 60-vote Senate threshold, any fix would need bipartisan support, analysts say.
● Economy
BLS: Economy Adds 165,000 Jobs in October, Triple the Yearly Pace
Professional services, health care and manufacturing led a report that landed a day after Democrats took Congress on kitchen-table anger.
● Jobs
Private Employers Add 86,000 Jobs in October, Beating Forecasts, ADP Says
Economists expected 69,000, and ADP's chief economist says pay growth for job-changers is the fastest since March 2024, with the official report due Friday.
● Economy
Treasury Names 6,576 New Opportunity Zones, 2,594 in Rural America
The zones take effect Jan. 1 and run 10 years; Treasury says the program has drawn more than $110 billion in private investment.
● Economy
California Voters Appear Set to Reject DSA-Backed Billionaire Tax
Even Gavin Newsom broke with the socialists on Prop 40, calling the 5% wealth grab "a badly written initiative" while backing a measure to bar new state taxes on personal property.
● Economy
Gas Falls 11.6 Cents in a Week as Iran-War Spike Eases
The national average is down three straight EIA readings from 4.284 dollars in mid-October, though pump prices remain 1.13 dollars above a year ago.
● Prop 40
California's $100B Billionaire Tax Could Lose Money, Hoover Economists Warn
Prop 40's one-time 5% levy on $1 billion-plus fortunes has already shrunk its own tax base by about 30%, and even Gov. Newsom opposes it.
● Economy
Q3 GDP Beats at 3.4% as Fed Odds Tilt Toward December Hike
Growth is running well above forecasts, but inflation at 3.6% has Chair Warsh's Fed leaning toward more tightening.
● Markets
S&P 500 Earnings Headed for 30% Growth as October Jobs Report Looms
Defensive stocks like Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble led last week, even as tech sold off and the Fed weighs a December hike.