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New York —

Perhaps no data point better encapsulates the American economy right now than this nugget from Delta’s quarterly earnings:

Main cabin ticket sales (read: the cheapest ones) were down 7% year over year.

Premium cabin ticket sales (read: business and first class) were up 9% year over year.

It was the first

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