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The Producer Price Index information released today showed that wholesale prices for expensive food and energy rose.

But everything else stayed almost the same, which means inflation isn't kicking in yet. Is there a way to control inflation?

Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

You may get a warranty, but DVD player or blender you got breaks after the warranty expires. Or the peace of mind it gives you is worth it.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer looks into the pros and cons of warranties.

Republicans on Capitol Hill may not be able to repeal the health care law. But the law leaves a lot of decisions up to individual states, so governors will have a big influence on how well the law is implemented.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer reports.

The Senate passed a bill to help states weather the tough economy. The House will vote on it next week. The $26 billion measure will go toward helping states fund their Medicaid budgets and forestall teacher layoffs.

The legislation has its critics, though. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

The popularity of Treasury bonds may be an indicator of the state of the economy, as Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

TARP Special Inspector Neil Barofsky told a Senate panel today that taxpayers have put $3.7 trillion towards the financial bail out.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer explains where all that money went.

Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln scored a come-from-behind victory in the Democratic primary. But a controversial provision she inserted into the financial overhaul bill may be a lost cause.

The proposal would ban banks from trading in derivatives. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

It looks like BP's massive oil spill won't be stopped until August, when two relief wells are finished. That dire news has people who make their living from the Gulf rethinking their plans for surviving the spill.

Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

The Senate is still wrestling over key aspects of the financial overhaul bill, and one sticking point comes in the form of derivatives.

Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Under the energy and climate bill introduced today, new limits on carbon dioxide pollution wouldn't hit all industries at once, and oil companies wouldn't be allowed into the carbon trading market.

Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.