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The job market slowed last month, but it’s still too hot to ease inflation fears
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Hiring cooled last month from its sizzling pace in January, but the U.S. job market remains unusually hot, with an unemployment rate hovering near a half-century low…. Read More
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What SNAP recipients can expect as benefits shrink in March
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — This month, as many as 16 million American households have received a sharp reduction in the size of their benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,… Read More
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Eggs prices drop, but the threat from avian flu isn’t over yet
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Maybe you’ve seen the funny internet memes about high egg prices? Like the one where a guy gets on his knees to propose, but instead of a… Read More
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Markets are surging as fears about the economy fade. Why the optimists could be wrong
By: Rafael Nam | David Gura | NPR
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Updated February 4, 2023 at 8:58 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The good times are back on Wall Street. Stocks have surged since the start of the year. The Nasdaq… Read More
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U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs last month. It’s a surprisingly strong number
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. labor market got an unexpected jolt last month, as employers added 517,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than… Read More
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The Fed raises interest rates by only a quarter-point after inflation drops
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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Updated February 1, 2023 at 6:12 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, its eighth increase in less than a… Read More
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The U.S. economy ended 2022 on a high note. This year is looking different
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — After a strong finish to 2022, the U.S. economy appears headed for a slowdown. The economy showed surprising resilience at the end of last year, growing… Read More
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Inflation is easing, even if it may not feel that way
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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Updated January 12, 2023 at 8:38 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Inflation eased last month, but prices are still climbing at a rapid rate, squeezing people’s pocketbooks and crimping… Read More
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Inflation looms large as Black Friday shoppers head to the stores
By: Emily Olson | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Black Friday, the unofficial shopping holiday that’s either a boon or a burden, depending whom you ask, is again facing another test on its winding path… Read More
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Inflation cools in October and stocks rally on signs the pain of high prices may ease
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Stocks rallied Thursday after a better-than-expected report on inflation showed that the galloping price increases that consumers have had to endure all year are beginning to… Read More
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Ohio is the USA’s 6th largest wine producer. This program is helping wineries expand
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WVXU) — When you think of wine country in the USA, you probably envision lush rolling fields of grape arbors in California, Oregon and Washington. You should also… Read More
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Early retirement took off during the pandemic. An economic downturn could change that
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Before the pandemic, no one would have guessed that Dean Hebert was headed toward early retirement, least of all himself. He was enjoying his job as… Read More
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New GDP report shows an economic turnaround, but don’t be fooled
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The government’s official scorecard shows a rebound in economic growth during the late summer and early fall. But analysts say it overstates the strength of the… Read More
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The major factors driving up the cost of food
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Another report on the pace of inflation in the U.S. is due later this week and there’s some hope that it’s slowing. But most people have… Read More
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Why gas prices are rising across the country again
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Major oil-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, have announced that they are cutting oil production by 2 million barrels per day. Americans will soon feel… Read More
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Biden has $52 billion for semiconductors. Today, work begins to spend that windfall
By: Franco Ordoñez | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden is heading to an IBM manufacturing plant in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Thursday to tout a new $20 billion investment the company is making in… Read More
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The markets are down. Here’s how to handle your investments
By: Marielle Segarra | Clare Marie Schneider | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Have you checked your retirement plan lately? Don’t. Big indices like the S&P 500 and the Russell 1000 just hit 52-week lows. And the Dow fell… Read More
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Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates
By: Chris Arnold | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Higher mortgage rates are throwing a bucket of ice-water on the super-heated housing market. Home prices in August were down about 6% from their peak in… Read More
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Fed orders another super-sized interest rate hike as it battles stubborn inflation
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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Updated September 21, 2022 at 2:07 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Federal Reserve ordered another super-sized jump in interest rates today, and signaled that additional rate hikes are… Read More
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Americans are paying more and getting less as inflation hits home
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Susan Morrison knew something was wrong when she bought a new tub of cottage cheese. “I had an old one in the refrigerator,” Morrison recalls. “I… Read More
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Biden says a tentative railway labor deal has been reached, averting a strike
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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Updated September 15, 2022 at 8:22 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A strike that could have halted both freight and passenger trains across the country seems to have been… Read More
![Philip Cole, executive director of the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies, releases 2022 State of Poverty in Ohio report on September 13, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img-0180-2-scaled-e1663099918106-900x422.jpg)
New Ohio poverty report highlights struggles in employment and child care in wake of COVID pandemic
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s poverty rate is at 12.7% — 0.8% higher than the national rate — which researchers say has been a consistent trend for more… Read More
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What our shopping choices say about the U.S. economy
By: Alina Selyukh | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Shoppers are making fewer purchases and fewer trips to stores. But when they do check out at the register, they often spend more, revealing the impact… Read More
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These are some of the ways inflation is changing Americans’ spending habits
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — With inflation near a four-decade high, American shoppers are watching their pennies and adjusting their spending habits – and the businesses that cater to them are… Read More
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Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
By: Associated Press
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more… Read More
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