How's that grocery bill looking?
4/13/202625 min
Grocery prices rose less than 2% in March, according to the latest consumer price index. The cost of some staples, including eggs, butter, and cheese, fell from spikes last spring. Certain produce prices moved in the opposite direction. In this episode, how the global economy affects your grocery bill. Plus: The war in Iran ripples through big banks’ earnings, fuel economy regulations soften the blow of high gas prices, and Kai visits Southern California’s Little Saigon ahead of a trip to Vietnam.
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Kai Ryssdal· Host1:08
[upbeat music] Coming up on the program today, things that are happening in the economy while everybody is watching the war. And we will start the latest set of stories from our series, The Age of Work. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.
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