50-year mortgages, falling real wages, and doing your rideshare due diligence
It’s … Indicators of the Week! We look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news and bring them to you.
Today’s indicator
50-year mortgages, falling real wages, and doing your rideshare due diligence
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It’s … Indicators of the Week! We look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news and bring them to you.
On today’s episode: The cost of living is outstripping wage growth for most of us, the math behind the Trump administration’s proposed 50-year mortgages, and how we’re just giving Uber and Lyft free money.
Related episodes:
Trump's plans for the housing market
The Money Illusion: Have Americans really gotten a raise?
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