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Kevin Bahr on the condition of the US economy in 2023

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

July 28, 2023

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UW-Stevens Point finance professor emeritus Kevin Bahr explains how economic measures showing a booming job market, higher pay, falling inflation rates and interest rate hikes are impacting Wisconsin.

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