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Remittances can make up major portions of a country's GDP. Plus, new home starts were up in November.
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Music from the episode
Running Around Goth Babe
STYLE Tatsuya Maruyama
Running Up That Hill Kate Bush
She Is Whimsical Arthur Beacon
Conduction Mocky
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