The bottom line

■■A traditional Thanksgiving meal cost about 14 percent more this year than it did in 2020. A 16-pound turkey cost nearly $24, almost $5 more than the average price a year ago, while the sides for the “classic” Thanksgiving meal totaled roughly $29. Axios.com

■■Existing-home sales are on track to surpass 6 million this year, which would be the strongest annual pace since 2006. The typical home sold in October was on the market for just 18 days. However, higher prices are scaring off some buyers; the median existing-home price rose

13.1 percent in October from a year earlier, to $353,900. The Wall Street Journal

■■Fifty-one percent of Americans say they have dipped into their retirement accounts early to take a withdrawal, including 20 percent who did so during the Covid-19 pandemic. Gen Z tapped into savings at the highest rate. While only 18 percent took an early withdrawal pre-pandemic, 40 percent said they did so during or after March 2020. CNBC.com

■■Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Citadel, stunned a collective of more than 17,000 cryptocurrency traders by outbidding them for a rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution for $43.2 million last week. The digital currency group, ConstitutionDAO, had collected a median donation of $206 from members to raise $40 million for its offer. Financial Times

■■UPS, FedEx, and the Postal Service are handling the holiday crunch better than anticipated. The difference between the number of packages shipped out and the industry’s capacity will be 1.3 million between Thanksgiving and the end of the year, down from a forecast of 4.7 million. Last year, the daily deficit was 7.2 million packages.

The Wall Street Journal