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The Human Angle

The Hundred-Dollar Week

October 16, 2026 · 38 min

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American diners are spending $100 a week on restaurants — and getting creative to afford it. Plus: one year after the $7,500 EV credit ended, car shoppers rewrote the math.

In this episode

  • Why American diners now spend $100 a week eating out — and the workarounds they’ve found to keep doing it.
  • One year after the $7,500 EV tax credit ended: how buyers are rewriting the math on going electric.
  • What the money desk is watching next: the Fed’s first rate hike since 2023 and what it costs you.

Reported with AI assistance from public sources; reviewed by a human before publication. Every claim on the public record.