Segments From This Episode

• An unexpected rise in inflation

  by David Brancaccio

  There’s news now that the consumer price index came slightly hotter than expected or desired for the month of January. Prices were up 0.5% last month; the CPI was up 3% in a year. Let’s discuss with Jeffrey Cleveland, chief economist at the investment firm Payden & Regal.

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• U.S. farmers face uncertainty from USAID foreign aid freeze

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  Much of the food distributed by USAID comes from small farms across the U.S.

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• There’s a conflict brewing in the world of B Corps

  by Henry Epp

  

  B Corps are companies that are certified to meet high standards for their treatment of workers, supply chains and the environment. But how high should those standards be?

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• Your Valentine’s Day bouquet probably came a long way

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  More than 80% of the flowers sold in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.

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