Segments From This Episode

• Pending home sales are up, but most owners are locked in to old mortgage rates

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  The rate current homeowners pay has never been this low when compared to the rate for new mortgages.

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• What bankers have been up to since the Fed’s latest rate cut

  by Justin Ho

  

  The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. While that should affect rates throughout the economy, some lenders report that not much has changed.

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• This New York retiree's biggest worry is her children's future

  by Kristin Schwab and Nicholas Guiang

  "Marketplace" host Kristin Schwab speaks with Long Island, New York, retiree Katherine Thompson for the latest installment of "Lived Economies."

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• The Numbers

  by Kristin Schwab

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• Seasonal hiring might be muted this year

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  There is a lot of uncertainty about the economy right now.

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• As data centers gobble up electricity, Big Tech goes all-in on nuclear power

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  After decades of being on the back burner of energy policy, investments in nuclear power are on the rise, spurred on by electricity demands from big tech and changing federal policy.

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