Segments From This Episode

• Another year, another record harvest for this Iowa farmer

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  “I thought I’m gonna have so much income,” said April Hemmes. “But all my inputs were all that much higher.”

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• Japan loosens its grip on long-term interest rates

  by Justin Ho

  

  The Bank of Japan’s “yield curve control policy” could be on its way out as central banks around the world raise rates to beat inflation.

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• Crafts vendor Etsy has strengths, weaknesses at a time of economic headwinds

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Consumer spending has been resilient, but will Etsy, a site that epitomizes discretionary spending, continue to rake in money?

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• Retirement doesn’t appeal to a notary in Texas who’s still enjoying work

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  “This particular job, one of the reasons I took it is because I knew that you’d never stop learning, and I find that really exciting,” said Violet O’Brien, a notary in Houston.

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• Is slowing wage growth good news for inflation?

  by Henry Epp

  

  But recent union victories may keep upward pressure on wages.

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• In California, child care providers unionized for better pay and retirement benefits

  by Daisy Nguyen

  

  California is one of 11 states that allows in-home child care providers to bargain collectively. This year, the union that represents 40,000 of these workers in that state won big in their fight for better pay and benefits. 

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