The bottom line

■ The exchange rate between the euro and the U.S. dollar reached parity this week for the first time in 20 years. The euro has fallen 12 percent since the start of the year. An American who bought a 15 euro sandwich in Paris a year ago paid about $17.80. CNN.com

■ Almond exports are down by about 13 percent this year due to supply chain issues. About 1.3 billion pounds of unsold almonds are still sitting in piles at processing and packing facilities. While the costs of production and water supplies are at an all-time high, the price of almonds has fallen to an all-time low of about $2 per pound.

Los Angeles Times

■ The U.S. had 6,377 newspapers at the end of May, down from 8,891 in 2005, according to a report from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Three hundred and sixty newspapers have shut down since the end of 2019. An estimated 75,000 journalists worked in newspapers in 2006, and now that’s down to 31,000. Associated Press

■ In the first half of the year, employees at 1,411 U.S. workplaces filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board, the first step in joining a union. That represents a 69 percent increase from the same period in 2021 and the most for any year since 2015. A Gallup poll last year found that 68 percent of Americans approve of unions, the highest share since 1965.

The Wall Street Journal

■ Nationally, office use hit a pandemic-era high of 44 percent in early June. Major cities such as New York,

San Francisco, and Chicago continue to lag behind. Office usage in New York was at 41.2 percent in late June.

The Wall Street Journal