Steep inflation, meet slow wage growth

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• Inflation has slowed, but wage growth hasn't caught up

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  The net result is that the average American household’s buying power has dwindled by 0.1% over the past year.

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• CPI isn't the only data acronym to watch — there's also the WASDE

  by Sean McHenry

  Felipe Avileis, an assistant professor of agricultural economics at the University of California, Davis, describes how uses one of the biggest montly reports out from the Department of Agriculture, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

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• Refined oil prices face more pressure than crude, and consumers will pay the price

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Experts say there's not enough refining capacity to go around while geopolitical conflict drags on, leading to a supply squeeze.

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• To understand how war impacts financial markets, look to the past

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  Despite a major international conflict, markets have remained strong. There’s historical precedent for that.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• What you should know about fractional homeownership

  by Amy Scott

  

  Companies like Jubilee Homes can offer a more affordable path to homeownership, with some big tradeoffs.

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• Wondering what people are reading? Follow the money

  by Sean McHenry and Sarah Leeson

  Syreeta Swann, COO of the Association of American Publishers, describes their monthly publishing revenue report, the "Statshot," and what it tells us about the way we read.

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