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That was slow compared with the 4.5% increase in the first three quarters of the year, as consumers remained reluctant to open their wallets despite government programs to subsidize purchases of certain goods.

The law’s exchanges subsidize many without an offer of “affordable” employer coverage.

And it notes the numbers are evidence the Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus decision—which ruled public-sector employees cannot be compelled to subsidize union advocacy— remains “truly empowering to the average public sector worker.”

Bundling strategies at Chinese companies have resulted in electricity-guzzling data centers, prompting multiple local governments to start subsidizing their power bills, people familiar with the matter said.

For years, the high cost was quietly subsidized.