Sonja Hutson
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2,667 appearances
44 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
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Sonja Hutson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to tame inflation driven by the war.
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But after yesterday's figure came out, they're no longer fully expecting an increase before the end of the year.
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Inflation in Iran, though, is a very different picture.
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A cost-of-living crisis is tearing through the country.
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Year-on-year inflation is over 80 percent, and food inflation reached nearly 130 percent last month.
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With peace talks to end the war at an impasse, families are struggling to afford anything.
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prices mean Iranian businesses are losing more and more customers.
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And so Bita says they're resorting to different tactics in order to stay afloat.
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Bita's referring to buy now, pay later schemes.
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You buy a product immediately, but pay it off in installments.
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It's not a new concept in Iran, but it's becoming a lot more common as inflation gets worse.
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The value of the Iranian rial continues to plummet, too.
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And that makes people poorer even if their
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For a lot of businesses, this is one of the only ways to boost sales in an economy where people are increasingly short on cash.
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Buy now, pay later is ideal for Iranian customers.
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But for many businesses, it's barely enough to get by.
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Essentially, offering buy now, pay later without fees means that the seller ultimately gets back less money because the value of the currency keeps declining as more payments are due.
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Now, this new sales tactic is the latest sign of the war's deepening ripple effects.
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The U.S.
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has been trying to pile economic pressure onto Iran to force it to concede.
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