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Cost of living
Many states and cities to raise minimum wage in the New Year
Dec 24, 2021
Will employers notice? Many are already raising wages for their workers because of the labor crunch.
USDA program could help shore up local and regional food economies
Dec 13, 2021
The program will help state and tribal governments purchase locally produced food for nutritional assistance programs like food banks and school cafeterias.
Millennials facing high inflation for the first time
Dec 1, 2021
Beset by economic instability since 9/11 and the Great Recession, many millennials feel pressured and anxious about their prospects.
Social Security recipients will get a 5.9% increase, the largest in decades
Oct 13, 2021
But inflation will eat into the raise.
“I just don’t know where we’re gonna end up”
Aug 18, 2021
A Springdale, Arkansas, family's search for an affordable home spotlights an increasingly expensive rental and housing market.
For retirees on fixed incomes, rising prices for consumer goods can be tough
Jul 13, 2021
Social Security provides cost of living updates. But for those with additional money to invest, inflation can eat into more conservative investments like cash and bonds.
How hard is it to get cost-of-living raises during times of inflation?
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Janet Nguyen
Jun 16, 2021
Typically, unionized companies are the ones that directly tie cost-of-living increases to inflation. And union membership has been falling.
For public good, not for profit.
Could the federal minimum wage vary by the regional cost of living?
Apr 29, 2021
A listener writes: "If you make the minimum wage $15/hour, it’s not enough in New York and it’s way too much in Peoria. Would it be possible to tie the minimum wage to the cost of living?"
Employers rethink cost of living calculations
Oct 12, 2020
As employees stay remote and can move anywhere to work, some companies are reconsidering the math that goes into compensation packages.
People still leaving California for Texas despite COVID-19 surge
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Andy Uhler
Jun 26, 2020
The reasons for relocation include the lower cost of living, bigger houses for less money and more conservative politics.