Mar 23, 2021

Achieving “herd immunity” and returning to the workplace is pretty complicated

Don't count on herd immunity to eliminate workplace COVID-19 precautions just yet. South_agency/Getty Images

Also on today's show: Appliance shortages are holding up home improvement and construction, and why retailers are opening so many brick-and-mortar stores this year.

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Corporate bond yields have been rising, too

by Justin Ho

Mar 23, 2021

Bond investors are demanding higher corporate bond yields. That's a good sign about where the economy's headed this year.

Bond investors expect inflation to pick up this year, though Fed Chair Powell doesn't expect it to have a lasting impact on overall inflation.

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Appliance shortages hold up home improvement and new construction

by Amy Scott

Mar 23, 2021

Homebuilders are passing the costs of delays on to consumers because demand for houses is so high.

Customers who order appliances such as refrigerators are waiting months for delivery.

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Why are retailers opening so many stores in 2021?

by Marielle Segarra

Mar 23, 2021

Many are discount chains occupying newly vacant space. Some stores offer experiences only available in person.

Discount stores like Dollar Tree have been seeing a surge in sales.

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COVID-19

When will there be enough herd immunity to return to the workplace?

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Mar 23, 2021

For COVID-19, predictions of what it will take to reach herd immunity vary wildly, and it's more complicated than one magic number.

Don't count on herd immunity to eliminate workplace COVID-19 precautions just yet.

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Shelf Life

Is the tax code racist?

by Dorothy Brown

Mar 23, 2021

Professor Dorothy Brown of Emory University became a "detective," searching for data on how the tax code impacts Black Americans.

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My Economy

For this stationery retailer, it's been a sympathy card kind of year

by Sean McHenry

Mar 23, 2021

A Michigan stationery retailer saw a big sales trend last year: sympathy cards with a "We're in this together" message.

"Our 'Thinking of you' or sympathy cards just took off," Annie Lang Hartman said. "Ours are kind of more cheeky and funny, kind of like 'We're in this together.'"

Courtesy of Annie Lang Hartman

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Black Sail Chastity Belt

Greyhounds De La Soul, Usher

Sister Owls Monster Rally

Origins Tennis

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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