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One of the flashiest executive perks has roared back since the onset of the pandemic: free personal travel on the company jet.Companies in the S&P 500 spent $65 million for executives to use corporate jets for personal travel in 2022, up about 50% from prepandemic levels three years earlier, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. Early signs suggest the trend continued last year. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 One of the flashiest executive perks…

U.S. household spending slowed in May as Americans faced historically high inflation, raising the prospect that the economy could contract for a second straight quarter this year.Consumer spending cooled to a 0.2% advance in May, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That was the smallest monthly gain this year, and down from the revised 0.6% increase in April. U.S. household spending slowed in May as Americans faced historically high inflation, raising the prospect that the economy could contract for a second…