Segments From This Episode

• Unemployment claims are at their lowest number since January

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  The labor market is still pretty tight, even after the last year and a half of rate hikes loosened things a bit.

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• A government shutdown would stifle flow of economic data

  by Savannah Peters

  

  The threat comes just when the Federal Reserve really needs a clear picture of how the economy is doing.

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• How much did that political ad cost? It depends on who’s paying for it.

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  As competition for ad space heats up, price rules help candidates but force outside groups to pay big.

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• What a “de facto ban” on Airbnb means for New York City 

  by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette

  

  Will housing prices go down with fewer short-term renters around?

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• Automakers aren’t the only manufacturers that rely on temporary workers

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  They’re usually cheaper than permanent employees, but they can reduce productivity.

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• How the 1973 oil embargo changed the way the U.S. thinks about energy

  by Henry Epp

  

  Fifty years ago this fall, Arab members of OPEC cut off their oil exports to the United States.

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