{"id":803080,"date":"2026-08-05T03:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/803080\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T03:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:40:08","slug":"americans-fight-economic-gloom-with-makeup-and-movie-tickets-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/803080\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans fight economic gloom with makeup and movie tickets &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPSWZWVzVtUVBtcVZ4OHdFYTdaVlFuMXc3SmlyaS05ZkQyajhib001N202VW5yTmpOSlZfaUJMVUhrSkxQSklPWTZlSUFHTmF0akdlcEZYbFQwcjlvRXlTYkNGR25EWGlUM2ZtVkpEZE02bGd4YVRpUTRrWHdIeDRXaTgxOVRobld1Zk1hQXFYNmpXUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Americans fight economic gloom with makeup and movie tickets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOdE1FUi1aWnFvd0lKWkVJTUt5cTNpMXNEWGZNUm9tYmQzVWFINmJJVFZkM3BPZDlWU3pENEt5TjhGZk9sWkJjNS1peDRoWTloYTdYam9sTGUtYVZfanZlamRNRDJIMFpkVWlac1FyNzd5VnR3ZUhwMVhRVUxGVmwxS1U3blcyX2tXZHBLNHgtYmpyenBNUnVEMmNXdzlTRWNRZjJBanhzVkNWUlRka1hYWHU2YjlvWTRrUl9PZ3F3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why We Splurge on Small Luxuries When Money Is Tight<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychology Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxNamJQOEpaR3NHaUxnRXgzLUdqcVpvSUdCRkdLVFFGZTFpQjl4SmtFc2J4ZS1rR3hKcEVSVmZvMFNnTWFzZktCQUh0YktYTEJsSDdLMk9lOWVXbG9EdlVmV0FHWFJDV2JtTnJnamw4MWpwaHJTckVQZWRCY3FHUUY5SHd1YWxtT1pxUUtUSmRwNHlXdE9tYmJjTWpybTltNG0yWWJLa0hmOWhjdW9FNUFqelZ4WDRnZzg5VTZ4WUxrSkFSNldfZTFtcWNGaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The economics of feeling better: Why beauty spending holds firm in times of uncertainty<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Gulf Business<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxNOEZROERlQVY2RU1qOXpDbFpaX0o1a09DS2MwV055b3YxY3dKTmd3dE8tOGh3LWZvcHAtSlNCN3dDR0dfaFBuUFIxdmZwU01GbF9PRHRKcWRqUmlOYWdfMWozazNtY3Rtbk9FY3FlS25GRF9adzhULUZtR0xyNVVma3RCRjR0bzhWNHRlblBhcjRDbVVwc0E1bmd0QUpPVmlNVE5PZFo0UklmWm44TUhwcnRmZEprNUQ5TWZNaUc2RWtBZUZ4NmJMOHpaYk9XVnk5ZlR5UnFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comfort spending: Little treats are the new indicators of a bad economy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Hindustan Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Americans fight economic gloom with makeup and movie tickets&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC NewsWhy We Splurge on Small Luxuries When Money Is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-803080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}