May CPI: glass half-empty, glass half-full

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• Inflation spikes as Iran war stokes energy costs, according to May CPI

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  The consumer price index rose 4.2% in May, driven largely by energy costs that are up about 24% year over year.

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• There might actually be good inflation news in May CPI report

  by Justin Ho

  

  It could be telling us that price increases have peaked.

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• Immigration to the U.S. has steeply declined. The economic impact will last decades

  by Kai Ryssdal, Sofia Terenzio and Sarah Leeson

  

  “I worry about the longer-term consequences here,” said Natasha Sarin, president and co-founder or the Yale Budget Lab. “Importantly, they're not consequences that can be reversed.”

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Career anxiety is changing summer camp jobs

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Today’s teens are worried that working as counselors won’t help them get into college. Sleepaway camps are adjusting.

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