Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: Inflation, the Federal Reserve and minimum wage

Kai Ryssdal May 22, 2015
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Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: Inflation, the Federal Reserve and minimum wage

Kai Ryssdal May 22, 2015
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Joining Kai to talk about the week’s business and economic news are Leigh Gallagher from Fortune and the Wall Street Journal’s Sudeep Reddy. The big topics this week: the Consumer Price Index and inflation, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech in Rhode Island and Los Angeles increasing its minimum wage to $15.

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