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Household incomes in the US rose for the first time

since the COVID-19 pandemic and what to watch out

for in tonight's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The real key is

for the American people to know what is factual and what is an embellishment of the truth

because a lot of times in these debates you hear these broader superlatives of what the other

person has done right or wrong.

Plus, why Bank of America is betting big on carbon capture.

It's Tuesday, September 10th.

I'm Tracy Hunt for the Wall Street Journal.

This is a PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and

business stories that move the world today.

Household incomes rose last year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

That's according to new data from the US Census Bureau.

The rise in income is partly fueled by a strong job market and the rate of inflation declining last year,

after spiking to a 40-year high in 2022.

The Bureau said today that inflation-adjusted median household income was about $80,000 in

2023, up 4% from around 77,500.

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