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Explore "financial strain" with insightful episodes like "Three ways consumers are feeling the pinch", "The Border Crisis Hits Small Town USA | Sunday Extra", "The Impacts of Hidden Inflation | Sunday Extra", "Degrees, Debt, Despair: uni students in 2023" and "Shale's looming credit crunch" from podcasts like ""The Indicator from Planet Money", "Morning Wire", "Morning Wire", "The News Agents" and "Behind the Money"" and more!

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Three ways consumers are feeling the pinch

Many broad economic indicators are positive, but consumer sentiment is negative. Even with cooling inflation and low unemployment, consumers are still feeling the economic strain. In today's episode, we look at three ways the US consumer is feeling the pinch.

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The Border Crisis Hits Small Town USA | Sunday Extra

A small town in Wisconsin has seen a massive influx of illegal immigrants in the last two years. We spoke to a reporter who visited Whitewater, Wisconsin to learn how people are responding to their new neighbors. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.

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The Impacts of Hidden Inflation | Sunday Extra

As prices on things like groceries, gas, and cars continue to rise, other hidden impacts are contributing to the squeeze on the middle to lower class. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

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enJune 04, 2023

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Degrees, Debt, Despair: uni students in 2023

In our 100th episode, are students the forgotten part of our society? They're facing the cost of living crisis, a now near-permanent graduate tax, and many complain about the quality of their courses.

On this episode Lewis spends time with a group of Manchester students whose halls have vermin, and for which they're paying a pretty penny. And we take you through one of the biggest misunderstandings of modern British politics- how the student loan system, has stopped really working as a loans system, and is now, for all intents and purposes, a stealth tax.

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Shale's looming credit crunch

More than 10 years on from the early days of the US shale boom, bankruptcy risks are rising across the sector. The FT's US energy editor, Derek Brower, reports on what weak oil prices and tightening access to credit are doing to the outlook for some producers.

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Episodes (5)

Three ways consumers are feeling the pinch

The Border Crisis Hits Small Town USA | Sunday Extra

The Impacts of Hidden Inflation | Sunday Extra

Degrees, Debt, Despair: uni students in 2023

Shale's looming credit crunch