Inflation is getting better. That doesn’t mean it’s good.
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🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Inflation may be cooling, but it certainly isn’t cold. Americans are still getting burned by rising prices. That’s one conclusion from a new Federal Reserve survey, which notes that parents in particular are struggling. Then, one report shows just how many homes are overvalued, especially in the South. Plus, we’ll hear how the Accion Digital Transformation Fund is trying to help people with no bank accounts get one.
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| 0:27.0 | My name is Lee Hawkins. |
| 0:30.0 | I've been a journalist for over 25 years. On my new |
| 0:36.9 | podcast, What Happened in Alabama, I get answers to some of the hardest questions |
| 0:42.2 | about how things came to be for many |
| 0:44.8 | black Americans and the truth that must come before any reconciliation can happen. |
| 0:50.6 | I investigate my family history, my upbringing in Minnesota, and my father's |
| 0:56.0 | painful nightmares about growing up in Alabama. What happened in Alabama is a new |
| 1:01.8 | series confronting the cycles of trauma for myself, my family, and for many |
| 1:07.1 | black Americans. |
| 1:08.9 | Listen now. inflation is getting better that doesn't mean it's good. |
| 1:23.5 | From Marketplace, I'm Sabrie Benashore, in for David Brancaccio. |
| 1:27.2 | Inflation may be cooling, but that doesn't mean it's cold. |
| 1:30.5 | Americans are still getting burned by rising prices. |
| 1:33.2 | That is one conclusion from a new Federal Reserve survey, |
| 1:36.4 | which also says parents in particular are struggling more than the average consumer. |
| 1:41.2 | Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genser has the details. |
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