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How Good Is The Economy

How Inflation Sparks Skewed Memories of Lower Prices

WSJ Your Money Briefing, with WSJ reporter Joe Pinsker, on why people remember lower prices even when inflation cools, and why a slowing inflation rate still feels like paying more. Recorded in March 2023, when inflation was 6%, so the figures have since changed; the idea hasn’t. Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @WSJPodcasts

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What a hiring slowdown signals about the state of the U.S. economy

PBS NewsHour on September’s hiring slowdown, with employers adding just 29,000 jobs, and what the disappointing report means for consumer prices and interest rates (October 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @PBSNewsHour

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US Hourly Earnings Fall 0.2% As Inflation Erodes Wage Growth

A short report on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ real earnings data: average hourly earnings fell 0.2% after inflation, as prices outpaced wage growth (August 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @WION

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How the diesel price spike is rippling through nearly every part of the economy

PBS NewsHour on how a rapid surge in diesel prices is straining businesses and threatening to raise costs across the economy (September 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @PBSNewsHour

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High mortgage rates compound housing affordability challenges

PBS NewsHour on the 30-year mortgage rate climbing back above 7% for the first time in twenty months, and what rising Treasury yields mean for homebuyers (September 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @PBSNewsHour

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Mortgage Rates Hit 7%: What’s Next for the Housing Market?

WSJ’s Nicholas Miller explains in three charts whether 7% mortgage rates will become the new normal in the housing market (September 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @WSJNews

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How the Iran War Is Rewiring the Oil Market

Bloomberg Originals on why oil markets have proved more resilient than feared during the Iran war’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, and how global energy flows may be shifting (July 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @business

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September jobs report: hiring stalls, unemployment rises to 4.2%

Reuters on the September jobs report: hiring stalled, unemployment rose to 4.2%, and payrolls for the prior two months were revised sharply lower (October 2026). Part of our How Good Is the Economy series. @Reuters

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