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How to fight a squatting goat

Evelynn and Cinnamon stand in the goat pen behind Melissa Schrock's house, which is at the heart of the property dispute. Keith Romer/Keith Romer hide caption

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How to fight a squatting goat

Back in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into a problem: his neighbor had a goat pen, and about half of it crossed over onto his property.

How to fight a squatting goat

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Wednesday

Two mysterious bond market indicators

The bond market has been experiencing higher-than-usual levels of volatility in recent months. AFP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Two mysterious bond market indicators

Right now, the economy is all over the place. And when things get confusing, we look to basic economic indicators to help explain what's going on. Today, we're bringing you two episodes of our daily show The Indicator that focus on the bond market.

Two mysterious bond market indicators

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Wednesday

A Great Recession bank takeover
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A Great Recession bank takeover

Earlier this month, we saw the largest bank collapse since the 2008 financial crisis. For many of us, seeing Silicon Valley Bank's meltdown brought us right back to that time 15 years ago, at the beginning of what would become the Great Recession.

A Great Recession bank takeover

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Wednesday

Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now
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Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now

A lot of the time, economic policy can seem pretty impersonal — cold, hard, data-driven. But at the heart of the Federal Reserve are people: fallible, complicated people who are just doing their best to steer the economy in the right direction.

Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now

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The never-ending strike
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The never-ending strike

The average labor strike lasts just over 40 days, but a union of coal miners in Alabama has been on strike for over a year and a half. Protesting for that long requires help, both from the community and the economy.

The never-ending strike

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