Kai Risdahl
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There.
Kelly Wells was talking about utilities.
Well, here you go.
First Energy operates across several mid-Atlantic and mid-Western states, up 8 tenths percent.
Portland General Electric, that's Oregon, not Maine, up 9 tenths percent.
American Electric Power, with customers in 11 states, was essentially flat.
Bond prices?
Well, thanks for asking.
Fabro's yield on the 10-year T-note down 4.57 percent.
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I'm Kai Risdahl.
This next item comes with the perhaps helpful reminder that health care accounts for just shy of 20 percent of this entire economy.
Told you that so I could tell you this.
There is some new analysis out from the health policy nonprofit KFF that says by the end of this year, more than five million people could wind up dropping their coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
That's more than 20 percent of total enrollees.
Marketplace's Samantha Fields explains why and what it might mean for premiums and overall health care costs.
Making it in Hollywood is even harder than it used to be.
From its most recent peak, that was 2022, there has been a 30% drop in employment for actors, yes, but also for carpenters and designers and the many, many professionals who work behind the scenes to put a production together.
That is data, by the way, from the Labor Department put together by the Wall Street Journal.