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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Rising stock prices typically help an incumbent party in a presidential election year, but October can be a wild month.

October Can Be Frightful For Investors. Will Politics Make It Scarier?

9:00am October 01, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

The stock market ended the first three quarters of 2016 on a positive note. Rising stock prices typically help an incumbent party in a presidential election year. But October can be a wild month.

Economy

Episode 727: You Asked For It, Again

9:21pm September 30, 2016

New show! You asked us questions about the economy and oddities in your world. We answer.

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Researchers at MIT found that many hybrid and battery-operated cars already meet the global emissions goals for 2030.

It May Not Cost You More To Drive Home In A Climate-Friendly Car

4:30pm September 27, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

It has been a common belief that low-emissions vehicles, like hybrids and electric cars, are more expensive than other choices. But researchers at MIT have found otherwise.

Wells Fargo's Unauthorized Accounts Likely Hurt Customers' Credit Scores

4:53pm September 26, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

Regulators say millions of unapproved credit card and bank accounts were opened for Wells Fargo customers. A big question is how to compensate those whose credit scores were hurt by what the bank did.

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Customers use interactive kiosks to place orders at Eatsa, a fully automated fast food restaurant in San Francisco.

As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income

9:54am September 24, 2016

by Queena Kim

How will the economy provide economic opportunities if employers need fewer workers in the future? A growing number of people in Silicon Valley are saying the only realistic answer is a basic income.

The discrimination that weighs down black people's wages begins before they're hired and continues long after.

Racial Disparities In Wages Boil Down To One Thing: Discrimination

11:27pm September 23, 2016

by Gene Demby

A new study found that a major reason for the gap in wages between black and white workers is what's left over after controlling for variables like education and experience.

Drivers pass by gas prices that are displayed at Valero and 76 gas stations on Feb. 9, 2015, in San Rafael, Calif.

Fill It With Regular: AAA Finds Millions Of Drivers Waste Money On Premium Gas

8:59pm September 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

A study by AAA found 16.5 million Americans buy premium gas when their cars don't need it. Director of Automotive Engineering Greg Brannon says drivers waste money when they unnecessarily use premium.

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Coleson McCoy watches Heather Milliron work on a project in advanced physical science at the Global Impact STEM Academy in Springfield, Ohio. The city, which lost jobs as factories closed, is trying to boost local incomes with education.

Candidates Want To Raise The Economic Tide To Lift Opportunity, But How?

7:23pm September 23, 2016

Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump talk about increasing opportunities for coming generations. Some analysts say boosting economic growth would help, but the way there is complicated.

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The Millennium Tower looking down Franklin Street in downtown Boston. The city has seen a tech boom and housing prices have also increased over the past few years.

Amid A Business Boom, A Wealth Gap Between Races Leaves Some Struggling

6:25pm September 22, 2016

by Anthony Brooks

The growing gap between America's rich and poor plagues many cities, including Boston, where the economy is flourishing. But a legacy of racial discrimination has left a huge wealth divide.

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Fed Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate, But Still Expects Increase

6:47pm September 21, 2016

by John Ydstie

Fed Chair Janet Yellen says that although job growth is rebounding, she sees no inflation threat and no hurry to raise rates. The Fed is not likely to do so before the presidential election.