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Health care spending has slowed, but reforms still needed
HOST: Well one of the big things we consumers spend money on is health care. Spending on doctors, medicines, hospitals and insurance claims a quarter of the country's GDP. As we continue our special...
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How long can Walmart remain the low-price leader?
JEREMY HOBSON: We'll get quarterly earning reports this morning from Target and Abercrombie and Fitch -- and maybe they'll say something that'll lighten the mood in the retail sector after Walmart...
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Economic indicators: Bellwether companies
STEVE CHIOTAKIS: Farm equipment maker John Deere is set to tell us how the company's doing in this economy. But as Marketplace's Adriene Hill reports, a bellweather like John Deere can tell us just as...
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Retail spending an economic bright spot
STEVE CHIOTAKIS: The warehouse chain BJ's Wholesale Club says same store sales last quarter were up 8 percent from last year. Abercrombie and Fitch showed strong sales this morning, as well. Our...
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Child poverty up in 38 states
STEVE CHIOTAKIS: Inflation ticked up last month. Prices that retailers pay for items they eventually sell to consumers were slightly higher last month because of things like food and energy. The...
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Big hurdles to job creation remain
MITCHELL HARTMAN: Imagine a new reality show -- it's called Hey, America, Get a Job, and it has this edgy-yet-upbeat music. And here's our first contestant. BRITTANY REICHARD: My name is Brittany...
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Reasons for market jumps hard to trace
Jeremy Hobson: The market is where we'll start with Richard Dekaser, who is an economist with the Parthenon Group and he's with us live from Boston as he is every Wednesday. Good morning. Richard...
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Obama jobs bill revives jobless benefits debate
Jeremy Hobson: The government said this morning that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits hit a three month high last week: 428,000. Those benefits have a time limit, but President...
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Getting caught in a mass layoff
Tess Vigeland: OK, I'm just gonna tell you now, the first part of today's show is, quite frankly, depressing. But as we present the problems, hopefully, we'll bring you a few ideas for how to deal...
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Obama's 'all-or-nothing' jobs plan faces opposition from both sides
Jeremy Hobson: It has been just over a week since President Obama laid out his job creation plan to Congress. He's been out and about saying lawmakers should pass his $450 billion package as-is. But...
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Gene Sperling: Jobs news good, but not nearly good enough
Steve Chiotakis: The nation's economy created 103,000 jobs in September, which is more than analysts were expecting. But the unemployment rate overall stayed the same -- at 9.1 percent. The reaction...
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Congress blocks jobs bill
Kai Ryssdal: President Obama went to Pittsburgh today. Union visit, a speech or two -- pretty basic politicking trip. Except for this: The president said he'd do whatever it takes to get even a part...
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North Dakota is desperate to find workers
KAI RYSSDAL: Imagine if you can a place where the labor market is humming right along. Where the unemployment rate is right around three percent. Where if you want a job, you can have a job. Where...
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$35 billion of jobs bill to go to states
Kai Ryssdal: This morning found the president of the United States in western North Carolina. Asheville, to be particular, on another bus trip stumping for another plan to get the economy going again....
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Health care spending has slowed, but reforms still needed
HOST: Well one of the big things we consumers spend money on is health care. Spending on doctors, medicines, hospitals and insurance claims a quarter of the country's GDP. As we continue our special...
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How long can Walmart remain the low-price leader?
JEREMY HOBSON: We'll get quarterly earning reports this morning from Target and Abercrombie and Fitch -- and maybe they'll say something that'll lighten the mood in the retail sector after Walmart...
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Economic indicators: Bellwether companies
STEVE CHIOTAKIS: Farm equipment maker John Deere is set to tell us how the company's doing in this economy. But as Marketplace's Adriene Hill reports, a bellweather like John Deere can tell us just as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Retail spending an economic bright spot
STEVE CHIOTAKIS: The warehouse chain BJ's Wholesale Club says same store sales last quarter were up 8 percent from last year. Abercrombie and Fitch showed strong sales this morning, as well. Our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Child poverty up in 38 states
STEVE CHIOTAKIS: Inflation ticked up last month. Prices that retailers pay for items they eventually sell to consumers were slightly higher last month because of things like food and energy. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big hurdles to job creation remain
MITCHELL HARTMAN: Imagine a new reality show -- it's called Hey, America, Get a Job, and it has this edgy-yet-upbeat music. And here's our first contestant. BRITTANY REICHARD: My name is Brittany...
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