It’s earnings season for companies. What can we expect?

Oct 13, 2021

It’s earnings season for companies. What can we expect?

Stock traders tend to fear the higher interest rates that often accompany inflation. But inflation can also signal a healthy increase in economic activity. Spencer Platt via Getty Images

Also today: We look into how child care centers are chipping away at the labor shortage with each hire they make. Felicia Wong of the Roosevelt Institute chats with us about economic resilience among the nations in the G7.

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Hire by hire, child care centers chip away at labor shortage

by Amanda Peacher

Oct 13, 2021

Hiring has been chronically tough for early childhood education jobs, especially during the pandemic.

Many child care centers remain understaffed.

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