Extreme Inflation from A to Z: Argentina

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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P.M. Edition for April 5. We begin our series on inflation, starting with Argentina. Young people are getting “delulu” with their spending, buying more now since their pesos will get them less later. What’s Argentina doing about it? Producer Anthony Bansie reports. Plus, U.S. employers hired briskly in March, adding 303,000 jobs to the economy. Reporter Justin Lahart has more. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.2	economy faster without having a real crash lower in unemployment and without having inflation really heat up.
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1:02.0	Plus, why Argentina has one of the worst inflation rates in the world.
1:07.0	It's Friday April 5th.
1:08.0	I'm Anne-Marie Fertulli for the Wall Street Journal.
1:11.0	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and
1:14.4	business stories that moved the world today.
1:17.0	U.S. employers hired briskly in March. The Labor Department says they added
1:25.0	303,000 jobs to the economy and the unemployment rate slipped a tenth of a
1:29.2	percent from 3.9 to 3.8%.
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