Today, we do the numbers on the data used to predict where inflation is headed. Plus, new teachers, layoffs and Europe’s food export powerhouse.
Inflation has dipped slightly, according to a key measure known as the PCE. But economists have their favorite indicators.
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks with Kathryn A. Edwards of RAND to hear what economists will be looking at in tomorrow’s November jobs report.
About 225,000 filed unemployment claims last week. The public soured on the Fed the last time it jacked up interest rates to quell inflation.
School districts, flush with cash from federal Covid relief funds, are looking to hire, and new teachers are figuring out how schools must adapt in the wake of a pandemic.
The personal saving rate declined in October to its lowest point since 2005. “A lot of people are close to the edge, unfortunately,” an analyst says.
The technology allows leafy greens to be grown next to where people will eat them, says Laura Reiley of The Washington Post.
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