Ringing in 15 years of the $7.25 federal minimum wage
Ringing in 15 years of the $7.25 federal minimum wage  
Podcast: Marketplace
Published On: Wed Jul 24 2024
Description: The last time Congress raised the federal minimum wage, it went up 70 cents — from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour. That was in 2009. Today, we’ll get into why there hasn’t been a successful push to boost it since then and who suffers as a result. Plus, officials in China promise major tax reform, apartment vacancies in Sun Belt cities rise and the Federal Reserve keeps an eye on GDP estimates.
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