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News Articles: Economy

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  • Business

The Labor Department released its report card on October inflation

Inflation is coming down. The latest cost-of-living report showed lower annual inflation in October than the month before. Falling gasoline prices get much of the credit for that.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Scott Horsley
Would-be home buyers are battling high prices and high interest rates, but some are finding a way to make it work.

Tagged as: 

  • Economy

Tough housing market is luring buyers without kids and higher incomes

A report from the National Association of Realtors shows the average home buyer this past year had a six-figure income. Others face challenges in a period of high prices and costly home loans.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Army veteran Ray Queen stands with his wife, Rebecca Queen, outside their home in Bartlesville, Okla. An NPR investigation has found that thousands of U.S. military service members and veterans, including the Queen family, are at risk of losing their homes through no fault of their own.

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  • Investigations

Thousands of veterans face foreclosure and it's not their fault. The VA could help

An NPR investigation finds that many people with VA loans who got a COVID forbearance are at risk of losing their homes. The VA has a fix, but it could be too late unless it halts foreclosures.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Chris Arnold and
  • Robert Benincasa
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Economy

Autoworkers hope new Big 3 contracts will secure their place in middle class

The Big Three automakers have offered record contracts with 25% raises. But is it enough to give workers a comfortable middle class life, as generations of autoworkers had in decades past?

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
We want to hear from you.

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  • Economy

Are you a homeowner who has run into problems on a COVID mortgage forbearance?

If you've had trouble trying to get current on your mortgage again after skipping payments through a COVID forbearance, NPR wants to hear from you!

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
HodgePodge Coffeehouse announced it will officially close December 31st after 12 years in business due to major rent hikes in the East Atlanta Village.

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  • News

East Atlanta business closures continue as Hodgepodge Coffeehouse plans to shutter after 12 years

Small business owners in Georgia are being priced out of their buildings by rising rent and supply costs. An East Atlanta Coffee shop is the latest local business to announce its closing.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson speaks at a news conference at the Chatham County Detention Center in Savannah on Nov. 8, 2023.

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  • Economy

Georgia Department of Labor launches job placement program for state prisoners nearing release

The 12-week initiative will begin at one prison in Atlanta.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A votive candle for one of the members of the homeless community in Macon who died in the last year.

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  • Economy

In Macon, the preventable deaths of the unhoused, remembered

Friends of members of the homeless community in Macon who died in the last year remembered them at a memorial this week.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World Resort on March 3, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

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  • Media

4 takeaways from Disney's earnings call

The Walt Disney Co. announced its fourth quarter and yearly earnings on Wednesday. Revenues for the quarter and year grew 5% and 7%, respectively.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
10/17/1988 President Reagan and Nancy Reagan in the East Room congratulating Milton Friedman receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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  • Economy

Was Milton Friedman Really 'The Last Conservative?'

A new book looks at the life and ideas of Milton Friedman.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Workers picket outside a Ford plant in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2023. The U.S. created 150,000 jobs in October, marking a slowdown from the previous month, partly as a result of the UAW strikes.

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  • Business

Job growth slowed last month, partly over the impact of the UAW strikes

The U.S. added 150,000 jobs last month, slowing down from the blistering pace seen in September. The drop was partly the result of an unprecedented autoworkers' strike.

November 03, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Sam Bankman-Fried leaves a Manhattan federal court in New York City on Jan. 3, 2023.

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  • Business

Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of all charges in FTX's spectacular collapse

The conviction marks a spectacular fall from grace for a once shining star in finance. He faces decades in prison.

November 03, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Economy

After Taylor Swift ticket uproar, Georgia lawmakers mull regulating ticket resellers

The worst part of going to a concert or a ball game is often buying the tickets. Georgia lawmakers are hoping to make the process a little less rage-inducing.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
The Fed kept interest rates steady on Wednesday for a second consecutive meeting but will continue to monitor the economy. Fed Chair Jerome Powell (pictured) left the door open for another rate hike if required.

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  • Economy

The Fed held interest rates steady — but the fight against inflation is not over yet

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, but left the door open to additional rate hikes in the future, if necessary, to curb inflation.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Economy

An economic mystery at the all-you-can-eat buffet

All-you-can-eat buffets highlight an economic idea known as the flat rate pricing bias. To explain how it works, our Planet Money team went to the buffet capital of America: Las Vegas.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Erika Beras and
  • Jeff Guo
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