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Greece allows a 6-day work week and other indicators

6:44pm July 12, 2024

On Indicators of the Week, we cover the numbers in the news that you should know about. This week, we cover an encouraging trend for global wealth, closing Mexico's tariff loophole and the European nation bucking the trend of shorter work weeks.

Related episodes:
Why tariffs are SO back (Apple / Spotify)

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'The New York Times' is weighing in on Biden and Trump. What does that signify?

5:49pm July 12, 2024

by David Folkenflik

Former President Trump is “unfit to lead.” President Biden is “embarrassing himself.” These aren’t the words tossed across party lines, but laid out by The New York Times editorial board.

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National

AT&T says hackers stole 2022 call and text data from 'nearly all' cell customers

12:26pm July 12, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

AT&T believes the data, which was stolen in April, is no longer publicly available. Affected current and former customers will be notified by the company but can also check their status online.

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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

11:22am July 12, 2024

by Dara Kerr

The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

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Labor Department report shows inflation easing a bit more than expected

5:14am July 12, 2024

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez talks to Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, about what the latest inflation data could mean for whether interest rates are lowered in the near future.

Economy

Lower gas prices helped inflation cool in June

10:36pm July 11, 2024

by Scott Horsley

Inflation fell in June, as a drop in gasoline prices more than offset the modest monthly rise in rent. This could help clear the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September.

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Economy

Biden's top economic adviser on the state of inflation in the U.S.

10:35pm July 11, 2024

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with President Biden’s top economic adviser, Jared Bernstein, about the state of inflation in the United States according to Thursday's Consumer Price Index report.

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Thousands of Philadelphia city workers are fighting a 5-day office week mandate

10:35pm July 11, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

The City of Philadelphia ordered all city workers to return to the office five days a week starting July 15. A judge has heard arguments as part of a union request to delay implementation.

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Day laborers congregate outside of a Home Depot in Brooklyn, NY in June 2024.

Economy

An asylum seeker's long road to a work permit

7:52pm July 11, 2024

There are currently just under 65,000 migrants in New York City's shelter system, stretching the city's outworn social service systems. Today on the show, we follow one asylum seeker's journey from Venezuela to New York and explore why the process is lengthy and complicated.

Related episodes:
Is the 'border crisis' actually a labor market crisis? (Apple / Spotify)
'Welcome to the USA! Now get to work.' (Apple / Spotify)
The migrant match game (Apple / Spotify)

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Why SpaceX is facing off with the National Labor Relations Board

5:40pm July 11, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with labor reporter Josh Eidelson about a report he co-authored in Bloomberg Businessweek about the allegations of sexual harassment at SpaceX and the subsequent lawsuits.

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