Economy

Week in politics: Biden balances tackling inflation and working on his spending bill

12:21pm November 13, 2021

by Ron Elving

Will rising prices and an uncertain economic outlook change the prospects for President Biden's signature spending bill? Also updates on a House committee's probe into the attempted insurrection.

Some consumers are wondering why President Biden is not doing more to counter surging prices across the economy.

Inflation is surging and people are hopping mad

10:39am November 13, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Inflation is the highest it's been in more than 30 years, imposing a financial burden on households and putting President Biden under pressure.

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Economy

Food banks are having a hard time stocking shelves as food prices rise

8:55am November 13, 2021

Scott Simon talks with Regi Young of the Alameda County Community Food Bank in California about how supply chain snags and inflation have affected how they serve their clients.

The financial impact of climate change

5:08pm November 12, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

For some people attending the UN's COP26 conference in Scotland, climate change is not a future threat — they are seeing its impact on their homelands now.

How $6 billion from Elon Musk could feed millions on the brink of famine

8:11pm November 11, 2021

by Joanne Lu

Elon Musk reportedly made $36 billion in a single day. What if he gave a sixth of that to the World Food Programme? We ask researchers how much of a change $6 billion could bring.

An inflatable snowman and candy canes are part of the decorations that adorn houses in Brooklyn's Dyker Heights neighborhood on Dec. 22, 2020 in New York. A shopping surge by households this year has snarled up global supply chains, and now the race is on

Economy

The race is on to save Christmas as retailers fight the supply chain crunch

6:43pm November 11, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Retailers are racing to get merchandise onto store shelves in time for the busy holiday shopping season. But with ports and warehouses overflowing, many orders are tied up in traffic.

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Several cities are reviving interest in rent stabilization

5:06pm November 11, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Voters in three U.S. cities –- Minneapolis, St. Paul and Boston -– indicated their interest this week in controlling fast-rising housing prices using a contentious method: rent control.

The infrastructure plan passed. Now, departments are figuring out how to spend it

5:06pm November 11, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

Government departments are scrambling to figure out how to spend the $1 trillion in the infrastructure package. Some will go to existing grant programs, while others need to be created from scratch.

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Economy

Winston-Salem exhibit explores redlining at the local and national level

3:35pm November 11, 2021

by Bethany Chafin

A Winston-Salem exhibit that highlights the history and impact of discriminatory lending practices has been extended through January.

Housing advocates pushing for stronger evictions protections in New York in August, the same month the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal eviction moratorium from the CDC. In the wake of that decision, evictions are now rising in parts of the countr

Economy

Evictions rising even as rental help from Congress reaches millions of people

12:03pm November 11, 2021

by Chris Arnold

It's not the tsunami of evictions that some experts had feared, but eviction filings are rising sharply in many cities. Meanwhile, $47 billion from Congress to help is finally reaching more renters.

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