Thursday, January 26, 2023

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🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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What new federal data may reveal about consumer confidence and the U.S. economy, Meta lets Donald Trump back on Facebook, social media companies face pressure to crack down on online fentanyl sales.

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0:00.0	Inflation is starting to cool down, but people still feel the strain of high prices.
0:06.8	The four of us going to the movies, that's like $100 just for a movie night.
0:12.2	Where's the economy heading next?
0:13.5	I'm Layla Faldon with Stephen Skipe and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.6	Donald Trump is now free to return to Facebook and Instagram, both banned him after he tried
0:24.8	to overturn a democratic election.
0:26.9	Why did they change their minds?
0:28.4	The story also centers on social media.
0:30.4	A parent told lawmakers about her 14-year-old son.
0:34.6	It was on Snapchat that he made plans to have the dealer drive up to our house so Alex
0:39.2	could sneak out over a couple of minutes and get anything he wanted.
0:42.4	It's Snapchat responsible for the drug deal after which the teenager died.
0:47.0	Stay with us, we've got the news you need to start your day.
0:55.1	No matter where the US economy goes this year, it seems to have had a running start.
1:00.1	The economy appeared strong at the end of the year and data out this morning will measure
1:04.4	growth in the fourth quarter.
1:06.3	The larger question is where the economy heads next.
1:09.5	So NPR Scott Horsley is here.
1:11.2	Hey there Scott.
1:12.2	Good morning.
1:13.2	What's the full picture of 2022?
1:15.9	The economy shrank in the first six months of last year, but by late summer and early
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