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Pandemic economy check in: signs of a summer boom are here

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
Episode • May 14, 2021 • 11m

New unemployment claims keep trending down, and low wage employers are trying signing bonuses to get employees in the door. The price of lumber is going bonkers. There was a pretty big increase in the Consumer Price Index, what does that mean for you and me? Retail sales stalled a bit, how much can we read into that? What kind of impact is the pipeline hack having on the economy? And should you be worried about inflation? David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.

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