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Daily Money: Used car trade-in values soaring; tax refund details; Tennessee CEO fired


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💡 INSIGHT OF THE DAY: Used car prices are soaring, which is bad news if you're in the market for a new ride. But here's the good news: trade-in values are soaring, too. Trade-ins averaged $17,080 in March, up nearly 21% from the same period a year earlier. I explain what's happening in this story.

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I, for one, am irrationally dreading the cicadas in the Washington, D.C., ar. The noise, the noise!

--@NathanBomey