Another Rate Hike Is Coming. The RV Business Can't Afford It.
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Another Rate Hike Is Coming. The RV Business Can't Afford It.

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 12, 202620 min
  • Business & money

The Federal Reserve says another interest rate hike is likely this year, and the RV industry is already hurting. Camping World sold 16 percent fewer new RVs and says it is "not satisfied with the result." Here is what higher rates mean if you are thinking about financing an RV. Also this week: Hurricane Isaias and Tropical Storm Rachel close campgrounds on the Gulf Coast and in Southern California Trump's red diesel order: why the White House pitch and the fine print don't match, and the latest diesel prices Thor...

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Hello everybody, I'm Mike Wendland and this is the Monday RV News Podcast Edition for October 12, 2026. Before I get to the news, something personal. Most of you know me as the RV guy, but before RVing I spent 40 years as a reporter in Detroit

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at both big daily newspapers and at the local NBC affiliate. And I have written a novel called The Tenth of Ave. It's about a reporter named Ray Mercer who finds himself sent back in time to Jerusalem in the year 70 as the Roman army closes in on the city.

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And Ray does what reporters do. He asks questions, he chases the story, and he has to decide what he's willing to risk to get right. Now, if you want to meet Ray first, I wrote a free short story called The Second Source.

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