i'm elaine king. >> susie: speaking of kids and cash, from groceries to clothes to buying gas to haul them around, it's getting more expensive to raise a family. the cost of raising a child from birth to age 18 averaged almost $227,000 last year. that's up nearly 40% from a decade ago. the agriculture department tallied the numbers and says expenses for even the first year of a child's life has skyrocketed, from 9,800 ten years ago to almost $14,000 now. and that's not counting for the money you need to set aside for college. just a reminder, you can keep up with n.b.r. any time. we're online at n.b.r. on pbs.org. there you'll find all the market data from the program, and you can watch any programs you may have missed. you can also follow us on twitter, @bizrpt, or my personal feed, @sgharibnbr. we're also on facebook at bizrpt. that's "nightly business report" for thursday, september 22. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs stat

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