Segments From This Episode

• Inflation slows again. What now?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Prices rose 7.1% in November compared to a year ago — less than expected.

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• In the market for a used car? There’s some good news.

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Prices are 3.3% lower than they were a year ago, and have been dropping every month for the last five months. Here’s why.

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• How a “divorce” between the Treasury and Fed helped build the modern economy

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  In the 1950s, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve reached an agreement that helped create the economy we have today.

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• Can crypto restore its credibility?

  by Lily Jamali

  

  Despite a raft of prosecutions and losses to investors in the billions, some say the industry has what it takes to find its feet.

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• Extending your holiday trip to work remotely has its joys … and its interrupted Zoom calls

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  When visiting family over the holidays, the mix of business, leisure and family time can be tricky.

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• Lots of the same, despite rising prices

  Gaile Harrell, a part-time cashier first featured in Marketplace’s series “The United States of Work,” describes how she’s navigating both work and inflation.

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