What the vaccine rollout will cost states

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• How are states going to afford the medical workers, clinics and more that they'll need to distribute the coronavirus vaccine?

  Marketplace’s Erika Beras has more.

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• On the list of priorities for this week's Fed meeting? Bond buying and why it's important for the economy

  Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says “the purpose of buying Treasury and mortgage bonds is to make sure that, one, markets continue to function.” The Fed played an important role in helping mitigate some of the economic turmoil earlier this spring with these debt purchases. “But more importantly,” Coronado said, the purpose of bond buying is also “to keep longer-term interest rates low. Those are the rates that support the housing market and the purchases of cars and other consumer durables. So they really want to make sure those low rates stay in place and are supporting the economy.”

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• Growing urban greenhouse sector looks to deliver local produce

  by Emma Jacobs

  

  Lufa Farms, a Canadian company, sees rooftop gardening as a way to cut energy costs.

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