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Why Are Prices Falling As Wages Nudge Higher?
ResumeThe Labor Department today reported that the Consumer Price Index, which measures how much Americans pay for various goods and services, fell in January from a year earlier, the first annual drop in five years. This comes as the economy is improving and wages are slowly growing. NPR's Marilyn Geewax joins Here & Now's to explain what's happening.
Guest
- Marilyn Geewax, senior business editor for NPR. She tweets @geewaxnpr.
This segment aired on February 26, 2015.