ECONOMY

President of truck driving school says driver shortage is causing supply chain issues

6:08pm October 13, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Bruce Busada, president of the Diesel Driving Academy, about how truck driver shortages are worsening supply chain struggles.

Gas, food and transportation network shortages all helped drive up consumer prices

5:51pm October 13, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Consumer prices jumped 5.4% in the last 12 months ending in September. That matches the highest level of inflation in 13 years.

The price of glass jars to hold pasta sauce and other products has soared during the pandemic. Sauce-maker Paul Guglielmo in Rochester, N.Y., has absorbed some of the increase, but he has also raised prices for consumers.

Economy

Cargo traffic jams affect glass bottles too. Your pantry staples could cost more

5:30pm October 13, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Makers of everything from pasta sauce to vinegar say it's getting harder to find glass bottles for their products, and it's leading to higher prices.

American Indicators check-in: A machine company faces supply chain disruptions

5:14pm October 13, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lisa Winton, owner of Winton Machine Company, about the supply chain issues making it difficult for her to complete machinery to deliver to her clients.

Economy

As prices increase because of inflation, consumers are forced to pay more

11:13am October 13, 2021

Runaway prices pose a great risk to the economy. People are paying more for everything from meat to rent and gasoline. Reasons include snarls in the global supply chain and lack of workers.

News brief: inflation watch, ransomware summit, e-cigarette authorization

7:56am October 13, 2021

The Labor Department reports consumer prices data. The White House hosts a virtual global summit to discuss ransomware. The FDA allows a brand of e-cigarettes to stay on the market.

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Pandemic supply-chain issues now mean a shortage of glass jars and bottles

5:52pm October 12, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Makers of spaghetti sauce, vinegar and liquor all say they're struggling with yet another pandemic shortage — this time of glass jars and bottles.

Economy

IMF report to shed light on what's interfering with the global economic recovery

7:26am October 12, 2021

The IMF says global economic growth is slowing, due in part to the impact of the pandemic. NPR's A Martínez talks to Kristin Myers, editor in chief of The Balance, about what it means for the U.S.

Goran K. Hansson (C), Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Nobel Economics Prize committee members Peter Fredriksson (L) and Eva Mork (R) give a press conference to announce the winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in E

A Nobel Prize for a revolution in economics

7:08am October 12, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens win a Nobel Prize for revolutionizing how economics is done.

Akira Johnson has been facing eviction because her landlord would not accept payment from South Carolina's rent and utility assistance program.

Why rent help from Congress has been so damn slow getting to people who need it

7:00am October 12, 2021

Congress approved $47 billion to pay back rent and prevent evictions. But after nearly 10 months, the vast majority of that money has not reached the millions of people who desperately need it.