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Iowa Politics: Full Shopping Bags (Oct. 30, 2025)

Iowa Politics: Full Shopping Bags (Oct. 30, 2025)

Thu Oct 30, 2025

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Full Shopping Bags

For all the talk about a tight economy, we Americans are apparently looking forward to dumping some cash on holiday gifts again this year. Gallup conducted its first survey of 2025 holiday spending during the first part of this month, and it looks like Americans plan to spend an average of $1,007 on gifts this season.

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