B1 German News | U.S. Inflation Reaches 3.7% Before Midterm Elections
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Learn German through today’s real news. Natural-pace German at B1, with a full transcript and English translation. In this episode: U.S. prices rose 3.7% in September, with gasoline up 9.1% before the midterm elections. Also: The U.S. may have withheld early warnings to Ukraine before Russian missile and drone attacks that killed six people and left about 600,000 without power. Heute: Inflation steigt vor den Zwischenwahlen · Mögliche fehlende US-Frühwarnungen für die Ukraine. Today’s German focus: nicht schneller als = not faster than. Vocabulary: der Kraftstoffpreis (fuel price), die Kaufkraft (purchasing power), die Lebenshaltungskosten (cost of living). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-b1-2026-10-15 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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