Not everyone’s stretching the dollar the same way

Marketplace

American Public Media

Business, News

4.6 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Consumers everywhere are trying to stretch their dollars to compensate for economic uncertainty and inflation. However, there’s a divide between higher and lower earners. In this episode, we look at how people across the economic spectrum are trying to get more bang for their buck. Plus, one recent college graduate’s decision to leave the U.S. for job prospects abroad, commodity shortages mean less chocolate in your Halloween candy, and a weekly wrap-up of the latest economic headlines.

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1:39.5	From American public media, this is Marketplace. In Washington, I'm Kimberly Adams in for Kai Risdal. It is Friday, October 24th. Good to have you along. We are on day 24 of the federal shutdown already the second longest on record, and today more than a million federal workers missed their first full paycheck after getting a short check two weeks ago.
1:53.6	Another consequence of the shutdown has been the drought in federal economic data releases until today.
2:00.6	This morning, we got the delayed September
2:02.9	Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing inflation is up
2:08.2	3% year over year. For more on this and other economic news of the week, we've got David
2:14.3	Gura at Bloomberg and Rachel Siegel at the Washington Post. Hey, you two.
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