Nov 1, 2021

The labor market and consumer confidence are diverging

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Also: The trade war meets the climate crisis; warehouse construction booms; and a pottery shop owner gets creative in the pandemic.

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COVID-19

Our feelings about jobs and the economy have parted ways

by Kristin Schwab

Nov 1, 2021

Many people are happy with the job market — higher wages and more openings. Fewer people like where the overall economy is headed.

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Shelf Life

Why addressing economic inequality could help build pandemic resiliency

by Amy Scott and Maria Hollenhorst

Nov 1, 2021

“Our health is all interconnected and inextricable from the conditions in which we live,” says epidemiologist Dr. Sandro Galea.

“Most of “health” is about where we live, where we work, where we play,” says public health expert Dr. Sandro Galea. Above, a doctor puts on a mask before speaking to people without homes in San Francisco in 2020.

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Commercial construction spending dips as shortages continue

by Amanda Peacher

Nov 1, 2021

Warehouses are booming, but not so much for offices and retail. Vaccine hesitancy and lagging pay contribute to labor shortage.

Demand for residential construction projects has slowed while commercial projects have largely remained steady, says Maurice Rahming, President of the O'Neill Construction Group.

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U.S. and EU trade agreement seeks reduction of "dirty steel"

by Samantha Fields

Nov 1, 2021

The pact lifts U.S. tariffs on European steel and European Union duties on bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

President Joe Biden at the G-20 summit in Rome, where the U.S. announced it would roll back tariffs imposed on imported EU steel and aluminum.

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COVID & Unemployment

A new recruitment-focused twist on an old festival in Stratford-upon-Avon

by Elizabeth Hotson

Nov 1, 2021

The English town, struggling with a labor shortage like many other parts of the world, revived an old local tradition to help solve the problem.

The mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon opens the Mop Fair.

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My Economy

How a pottery studio owner got creative to diversify her business

by Minju Park

Nov 1, 2021

When the pandemic halted classes at Jennie Tang's ceramics studio, she turned to other ways to keep the operation thriving.

“We’ve diversified the ways in which people engage with the space,” said Jennie Tang, owner of The Workshop MPLS, a ceramics center in Minneapolis.

Courtesy Jennie Tang

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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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