Jan 25, 2023

The calculus behind those rent increases

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The national median rent has shot up more than 20% since 2020. So how do landlords set their prices? Plus, private equity comes for addiction treatment.

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Rents are way up. How are landlords picking the price?

by Matt Levin

Jan 25, 2023

The national median rent has risen over 20% since 2020, according to Apartment List. And the use of pricing algorithms used by some of the nation's biggest corporate landlords might be playing a role.

While smaller landlords still usually look at comparable units for determining prices, bigger corporate landlords use algorithms.

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What the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure can tell us

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jan 25, 2023

The personal consumption expenditures price index, better known as the PCE, tracks what we paid for goods and services in the previous month.

The PCE give less weight to consumer staples like gasoline than the consumer price index does.

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Liquid Death is an “entertainment machine” with a water brand attached

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Jan 25, 2023

“We think about our marketing team more like 'Saturday Night Live,'” says Mike Cessario, the beverage startup’s co-founder and CEO.

“Anybody can put water in a can,” said Mike Cessario, CEO of beverage startup Liquid Death. “But that's not why we're successful.” Above, Cessario at Liquid Death’s headquarters.

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Drought threatens hydropower produced by Colorado River

by Savannah Maher

Jan 25, 2023

Facing a prolonged megadrought, Western states must prep for huge water-use cuts.

Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River. The river supplies hydroelectric power across the West, but it faces dwindling water levels.

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Private equity investment is flooding into addiction treatment. Is that a good thing?

by Blake Farmer

Jan 25, 2023

When a new operator took over an addiction treatment center in Nashville, former employees say they saw cutbacks.

Mitzi Dawn works in addiction treatment and spent part of her career as a songwriter. Her “Sing & Share” events were part of the offerings she says were cut when a private equity-backed company took over Nashville Recovery Center in 2021.

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