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Two Inflation Indicators: Corporate Greed and Mortgage Rates | Planet Money

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Published June 14, 2023 at 4:00 AM CDT

Corporate profits are soaring. So are prices. Can corporations just not raise prices? Would that fight inflation? We examine this theory making the rounds. Then, we go inside the pipes of the economy to see how mortgage rates connect to that recent rate hike by the Federal Reserve.

This episode was first published March 23, 2022.

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