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Here's How Inflation Became The Biggest Story Of The Midterms

Nov 4, 2022

20:09

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Susan Davis

Asma Khalid

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I'm Ready to Retire the Word Transitory

01:25

The Pandemic and Inflation

01:32

What Is Biden's Closing Pitch on the Economy Right Now?

01:23

The Economy Isn't the Reason Everyone Is Voting, Right?

03:01

Introduction

2min

The Eviction Crisis Is Just One of the Economic Disasters Facing the Biden Administration

2min

The Pandemic and Inflation

2min

Is President Biden Controlling Inflation?

2min

What's the White House Saying About Inflation?

3min

Is the US an Outlier?

2min

Is Biden's Inflation Reduction Act a Good Thing?

2min

The Economy Isn't the Reason Everyone Is Voting, Right?

3min

The Issue of Candidate Quality

3min

Trump and Biden signed off on historic amounts of stimulus money that helped the country's economy weather the pandemic, but — on top of supply chain straggles and shutdowns — that money may have come with a downside: increasing inflation. Now, as voters considered their midterm voter, rising costs are top of mind.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis and White House correspondent Asma Khalid.

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The NPR Politics Podcast

Here's How Inflation Became The Biggest Story Of The Midterms

Episode guests

I'm Ready to Retire the Word Transitory

The Pandemic and Inflation

What Is Biden's Closing Pitch on the Economy Right Now?

The Economy Isn't the Reason Everyone Is Voting, Right?

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