Sep 13, 2022

Gas prices are down, everything else is up

The August consumer price index tells us that most things besides gasoline are more expensive. Why are prices up? Plus, how plants forecast wildfires, poverty numbers drop and a sorta trade agreement.

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The price of gasoline is down, but just about everything else is still getting more expensive

by Justin Ho

Sep 13, 2022

Fresh consumer price index data pretty much guarantees a big interest rate hike when the Federal Reserve meets next week.

The cost of gasoline fell by more than 10.5% in August, according to the Department of Labor's consumer price index. But just about everything else was more expensive.

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Child poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, Census Bureau says

by Matt Levin

Sep 13, 2022

The supplemental poverty rate fell to its lowest since 2009. Children living in poverty fell by almost half.

A volunteer hands out lettuce at a food pantry in December 2021. Last year, the supplemental poverty rate fell to 7.8%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Even as the housing market cools, luring discouraged buyers back may be a challenge

by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson

Sep 13, 2022

Prices may be coming down and houses are on the market longer, but many potential buyers have given up.

Sellers are "not only getting realistic about their asking price, but they're also having to get realistic about doing repairs," says LaTisha Grant of the TAS Realty Group in Houston.

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A different kind of trade agreement

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Sep 13, 2022

The Indo Pacific Economic Framework deals with labor standards, supply chains, climate change and transparency. But not tariffs.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, center, spoke Thursday in Los Angeles during discussions on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

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My Economy

A veteran navigates life amid job loss and high inflation

by Sarah Leeson

Sep 13, 2022

After being laid off, marketing professional Collin Cook has been pitching himself as a "Swiss Army knife." He's had mixed results.

"You literally go through the five stages of grief" after being laid off, said Collin Cook, who's had trouble finding the right job as a generalist in the marketing field.

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How much water is in plants? The answer can be critical to forecasting wildfires.

by Madelyn Beck

Sep 13, 2022

"Fuel moisture" drives wildfires, and the metric can be used to better allocate firefighting resources.

Taylor Zarifis of the Bureau of Land Management in Boise, Idaho, plucks live leaves off sagebrush to measure fuel moisture levels.

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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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