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	Podcast:		Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
	Episode:		Inflation sure hasn’t stopped consumer spending
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:27:26
	Publish Date:		2021-11-17 00:08:46
	Description:		The Commerce Department released figures on October retail spending today, and ka-ching! Retail sales jumped 1.7% from September, but inflation accounted for about half of that gain. Still, spending was up for electronics, groceries and gas as consumers tried to get a jump on holiday shopping. Later in the show: China has a long way to go in fulfilling U.S. purchasing agreements; workers are returning to offices, but not necessarily in downtown settings; and what the study of wait lines can teach us about supply chain issues.
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