Whoosh, there go our wage gains

Segments From This Episode

• U.S. consumers' real earnings have been falling

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The rise in oil prices and other commodities is helping to drive inflation up, with price increases outpacing wage gains.

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• Why Bed Bath & Beyond's parent company is pivoting to mortgages and flooring

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  The parent company of Bed Bath & Beyond is renaming itself Neighborhood Intelligence and shifting toward home services including flooring, insurance, and even mortgages.

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• Should we ditch paper checks? You probably write more than you think

  by Kai Ryssdal, Maria Hollenhorst and Mika Ellison

  

  Professor Jay Zagorsky from Boston University explains the movement behind getting rid of paper checks — and why he thinks they’re more useful than they might seem.

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• She chose rural South Carolina over Italy and England

  by Livi Burdette and Sarah Leeson

  

  After deciding to leave behind city life, Janet Kile settled in a vintage park trailer on a flower farm in Saluda, South Carolina.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• One bright spot in an otherwise-meh labor market? Temp jobs

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Some companies are replacing workers lost to the administration’s crackdown on immigrants. Others are correcting for misguided layoffs.

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• A new kind of AI chip: Pringle-making gets optimized by artificial intelligence

  by Kai Ryssdal and Mika Ellison

  

  Isabelle Bousquette, reporter at the WSJ Leadership Institute, breaks down a new technology that’s helping those in search of the perfect pringle.

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