Business
How Inflation Affects Interest Rates: Fed vs. Bond Markets
When inflation tops the 2% goal, the Fed can raise its federal funds range; prime and card APRs follow. Mortgages track the 10-year Treasury instead.
November 2026
Work
No Federal Law Requires Extra Pay for Working Thanksgiving
Federal law doesn't require holiday pay or time-and-a-half on Thanksgiving. Overtime starts past 40 hours a week; federal workers get a holiday premium.
History
Why the Weekend Is Two Days, and When Saturday Became Free
Sunday was a rest day first. Saturday came later: Ford's 1926 five-day week, then the 1938 FLSA's overtime rule, which does not require a weekend off.