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Explore "food inflation" with insightful episodes like "Evening Briefing Wednesday 29th November", "Without Expanded Child Tax Credit, Families Are Sliding Back Into Poverty", "Afternoon Briefing Tuesday 1st August", "It all comes down to the (hush) money" and "This Is the Perfect Storm That Caused Grain Prices To Soar" from podcasts like ""Times news briefing", "Consider This from NPR", "Times news briefing", "Make Me Smart" and "Odd Lots"" and more!
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Without Expanded Child Tax Credit, Families Are Sliding Back Into Poverty
It can be hard to see how big government policies have a direct effect on an individual's experience. But it was easy to measure the difference made by the expanded child tax credit.
Giving more money to low-income families with children had a big impact. After the expanded child tax credit took effect, child poverty hit a record low of 5.2% a year ago.
But less than a year later, Congress let it expire. New census data shows that child poverty has more than doubled.
Host Ari Shapiro speaks with pediatrician and researcher Megan Sandel, who has seen the health consequences for kids play out in real time.
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Giving more money to low-income families with children had a big impact. After the expanded child tax credit took effect, child poverty hit a record low of 5.2% a year ago.
But less than a year later, Congress let it expire. New census data shows that child poverty has more than doubled.
Host Ari Shapiro speaks with pediatrician and researcher Megan Sandel, who has seen the health consequences for kids play out in real time.
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Afternoon Briefing Tuesday 1st August
The Times Briefing for the afternoon of Tuesday 1st August. For more on these stories throughout the day tune into Times Radio - on DAB, online, through your smart speaker or on the Times Radio app.
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It all comes down to the (hush) money
Donald Trump has become the first former president to be charged with a crime. A Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump after hearing evidence about payments given to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 election run. We’ll discuss the significance of the case and what may follow in the days and week’s ahead. Plus, an age-defying story that made us smile.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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- “Trump indicted by N.Y. grand jury, first ex-president charged with crime” from The Washington Post
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- “U.S. Considers Asking Black Americans on Census if They Are Slave Descendants” from The Wall Street Journal
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- “Eggflation rate lower, milk prices decrease, in February 2023” from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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- “How low unemployment lifts workers at the bottom” from Marketplace
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This Is the Perfect Storm That Caused Grain Prices To Soar
Inflation is running at its fastest pace in over 30 years. And one upward contributor to it is higher food prices. There are all kinds of things going on within food, but over the last year we've seen strong price increases in wheat, corn, and soy, which feed into higher prices for meat and dairy. There is a lot going on here. There is high demand globally. There are unusual weather conditions all around the world. There's surging fertilizer costs, and much more. On this episode, we speak with Angie Setzer, a consultant at ConsusROI (which advises farmers and investors in the agriculture space), who explains the perfect storm causing this persistent surge.
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The supermarket Christmas taste and value test (plus inflation, rates and house prices)
It’s time for the annual This is Money Christmas taste test – and our look at how the supermarket business is faring.
This year, the contenders are Sainsbury’s for the mass market, Waitrose for the upmarket, and Lidl for the discount challenger.
But which will come out on top across a range of Christmas food and who delivered the cheapest bill?
Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce take on Georgie Frost’s festive feast to find out in this week’s podcast and discuss whether the big supermarkets are doing better after some difficult years, if the rise of Aldi and Lidl will continue, and how Tesco and Sainsbury’s shares compare.
And mingled with the Christmas food is a look at the important money news of this week, including whether higher inflation spells more rate rises, how the property market is suffering due to the reversal of the north south house price rise divide and the worst day ever to go shopping.