Segments From This Episode

• On Purdue, Sacklers and a $7.4 billion settlement

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Most of the money from a newly-reached settlement over the fallout of the opioid crisis will come from the Sackler family. They’ll pay up to $6.5 billion over 15 years. Purdue Pharma will pay almost $900 million.

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• What to expect from long-term interest rates

  by David Brancaccio

  The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate is up at 7.12%, according to Mortgage News Daily’s calculation. That’s far from the low-sixes we saw last September. On Fridays, we check in with Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN financial in New York, and today we’re discussing long-term rates like mortgages.

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• As Congress struggles with tech legislation, states aim to regulate online privacy

  by Sabri Ben-Achour, Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder

  

  “It’s a slow drum beat of states starting to consider ways to protect citizens’ rights,” said Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia.

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