Oct 3, 2023

A high T-note yield could affect your wallet

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It's a benchmark for many other loans, so rates on mortgages and car purchases rise too. Plus, more goods are going into warehouses and we examine a strange corner of YouTube.

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What do these high Treasury yields mean for the economy?

by Matt Levin

Oct 3, 2023

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note reached a 16-year high Tuesday. That benchmark rate lifts interest rates on other loans.

The Federal Reserve's interest rate policy is only part of the equation. Supply and demand for loans also influences yields.

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August JOLTS shows a stronger-than-expected labor market

by Kai Ryssdal

Some economists say what really matters is whether the trend continues next month.

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Former Yellow drivers have trouble finding jobs in right-to-work Tennessee

by Marianna Bacallao

Oct 3, 2023

Nashville's Yellow Freight — one of the only union shops in trucking — shut down operations in August, leaving 30,000 people without work.

In the months before Yellow’s closure, the company's relationship with the Teamsters union had already soured, a former Yellow driver says.

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Commercial warehouse use expands at fast pace

by Justin Ho

Oct 3, 2023

Transportation and warehousing data shows second month of growth. Firms try to fine-tune planning in wake of supply chain snarls.

In recent years, erratic supply chain conditions have frustrated companies trying to plan how much inventory to store in warehouses.

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For Major League Baseball, shorter games and more action have drawn bigger crowds

by Henry Epp

Oct 3, 2023

MLB saw its highest attendance since 2017 this year, and on average, games were 24 minutes shorter than last year.

MLB instituted new rules this year aimed at shortening the length of a game. It seems to have paid off.

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There's a corner of the internet where YouTubers read strangers' obituaries. Why?

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Sarah Leeson

Oct 3, 2023

"It's quite a tasteless pursuit, but it seems as though it's a pursuit driven by desperation, like they are casting around looking for ways to make money online," WIRED reporter Kate Knibbs said of the YouTube obituary pirates.

Searching the name of a recently deceased person can bring up a flood of these YouTube obituary videos.

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Music from the episode

Bambu Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7

Luvaroq Eluray, serpentwithfeet

Lau's Lament Eric Lau

Reflektor Arcade Fire

Always Something DJ Mitsu The Beats

Ideal and the Real アトラスサウンドチーム

I Feel It coming The Weeknd, Daft Punk

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer

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