Segments From This Episode

• How mortgage rates are responding to hints of a future rate dip

  by David Brancaccio

  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has set the stage for the central bank’s first rate cut in four years, but we’ll have to wait seven more weeks. Powell cited greater progress toward lower inflation as well as a cooler job market. Bonds are rising in anticipation, and the average 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.7%. Watching all of this is Diane Swonk, the chief economist at the audit tax and advisory firm KPMG.

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• Biden administration tries again to relieve student debt

  by Savannah Peters

  

  It’s trying a different route to loan forgiveness, but it is unclear how successful the plan will be.

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• The strike of the voice actors

  by Nova Safo

  Hollywood actors will be picketing again today, less than a year after a historic strike brought the film and TV industry to a standstill. This time, the strike is against video game producers, who use union actors for voices and movements that bring characters to life in games.

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• Poll workers are vital to elections, but there’s a shortage

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  The seasonal workers manage lines, hand out ballots, process mail-in ballots and serve as greeters at polling sites.

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