Sep 22, 2021

Are developed countries pulling their weight in the climate crisis?

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Also on today's program: the Fed plans how and when to taper bond-buying, and a new deodorant product is beset by supply chains setbacks.

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All this talk about the Fed "tapering" bond-buying — what's it to you?

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Sep 22, 2021

Two words: interest rates. On stuff like mortgages. Business loans. Keeping them low keeps capital flowing in this pandemic economy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met with Congress this week, saying there hasn't been as much progress on inflation as the central bank had hoped.

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Raising the Debt Ceiling

How did disaster aid get tangled up in the fight over the debt ceiling?

by Kimberly Adams

Sep 22, 2021

There are more disasters than Congress budgets for. And the federal fiscal year coincides with peak hurricane and wildfire season.

Important legislation is often slated for around the end of the fiscal year — which coincides with the worst period for hurricanes and wildfires.

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Supply chain, shipping and pricing woes: “This is how we learn to sail”

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Sep 22, 2021

Personal care products company Bite faced a lot of obstacles to launch its aluminum-packaged deodorant during the holiday shipping season.

Lindsay McCormick, the founder and CEO of Bite, a personal care products company, said she’s learned to “expect the unexpected” when launching a new product.

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Brexit

Has Brexit boosted London’s financial center?

by Stephen Beard

Sep 22, 2021

British financial services exports to the EU rose in the first few months after the U.K. left the bloc.

The City of London financial district. Data from the first quarter after Brexit took effect shows a small increase in the U.K.'s financial exports to the European Union.

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A Warmer World

Need for climate finance front and center at U.N. General Assembly

by Samantha Fields

Sep 22, 2021

Developed countries pledged $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations mitigate and adapt to climate change.

President Joe Biden addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He pledged to increase the U.S. contribution to international climate funding.

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Music from the episode

You've Been Spiked Chris Joss

Days To Come Bonobo, Bajka

Sleight of Hand Wild Nothing

Colours Hot Chip

Simmer Hayley Williams

Bite Plastic Picnic

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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