Segments From This Episode

• First-time jobless claims rise — and worse may be yet to come

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Analysts say businesses are under pressure and economic confidence has suffered.

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• Homebuilders say they can’t find enough workers despite better pay

  by Amy Scott

  

  Demand is pushing up wages, but not enough, some say, to bring young workers to the door as older ones head for the exit.

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• Those KN95 masks you just bought might not meet testing standards

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  We go shopping for face coverings with a self-professed “mask nerd”

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• Resume gaps may shrink in importance, especially for women of color

  by Lily Jamali

  

  Employers need understand the many reasons workers have left the jobs on their own or involuntarily, one supervisor says.

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• As prices at the grocery store rise, farmers’ costs are up too

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes paid double for nitrogen this year. Consumers shouldn’t blame growers for inflation, she said.

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