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Inflation is only mostly dead

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2016
There's a big difference.
Bye boy, have fun trying to raise the consumer price index!
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Fed holds rates steady amid political uncertainty

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 27, 2016
And action is even less likely as the presidential election approaches.
The Fed didn't raise rates and no one is surprised. 
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The Resource Curse

In Venezuela, desperate conditions turn worse

by Scott Tong
Jul 19, 2016
Inflation roars while the country runs out of food and other necessities
Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira, in Venezuela with Cucuta in Colombia, to buy basic supplies on July 17, 2016. Thousands of Venezuelans again poured into the Colombian city of Cucuta on Sunday, profiting from the brief reopening of a long-closed border to buy food and medicine. 
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May's jobs report provide pointer to Fed

by Adriene Hill
Jun 3, 2016
The economy added 38,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in May — a number much lower than experts predicted.
The May jobs report is one of the last major economic data points the Federal Reserve will look at before its meeting this month.
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A day out at the (black) market in Venezuela

by Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2016
Low oil prices and government actions created shortages and soaring inflation
Jorge Galino/Marketplace
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Venezuela's economy, as told by a hot dog

by Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2016
The story of a Pepito, a Venezuelan take on the hot dog, illustrates the country's economic problems.
Pepito vendors in Caracas, Venezuela. 
Jorge Galino/Marketplace
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Interest rate hike looking unlikely — for now

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Mar 16, 2016
Whether inflation is growing helps determine the Federal Reserve's decisions on raising interest rates.
The Federal Reserve is set to make an interest-rate announcement later Wednesday. 
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The Resource Curse

Venezuela's inflation woes are growing

by Kai Ryssdal and Scott Tong
Feb 23, 2016
Marketplace's Scott Tong reporting from Venezuela
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Why do we no longer use $1,000 bills?

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 23, 2015
Stuff costs more now, right?
Illustration by Danielle Chiriguayo/Marketplace and Photo Courtesy of National Museum of American History
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There's no one magic number for the Fed

by Annie Baxter
Dec 15, 2015
We're as sure as we can be that a rate hike is going to happen, but how big will it be?
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