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Marketplace
Marketplace
Every weekday, host Kai Ryssdal helps you make sense of the day's business and economic news — no econ degree or finance background required. "Marketplace" takes you beyond the numbers, bringing you context. Our team of reporters all over the world speak with CEOs, policymakers and regular people just trying to get by.
Episodes
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Marketplace · Aug 21, 2026
When unemployment becomes endless
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at least 1.8 million Americans have been actively looking for a fulltime job for more than 27 weeks. That’s over six months. In this episode, two people …
25:59
Marketplace · Aug 20, 2026
Sec. Bessent's big plan to finance the national debt
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s buyback of long-term bonds was a bit of a letdown this week — the interest rates barely budged. The Treasury’s next move in its quest to rein in the national …
26:09
Marketplace · Aug 19, 2026
Let's import some inflation
The price of imported goods, sans energy, was up 4.5% year-over-year in July. Data center buildout is driving that jump — imported computer prices were up 17%. In this episode, we explain why import …
26:00
Marketplace · Aug 18, 2026
Got beef?
Cattle herds are at a national low not seen since the 1950s. That’s driving up the price of beef for consumers, but it’s also affecting the companies that process cows into steaks and burgers. …
25:58
Marketplace · Aug 17, 2026
Consumer sentiment takes a tumble
Consumer spending fell in early August, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s survey. July retail sales were down, and the average price of gas is nearing a record high for August. …
26:01
Marketplace · Aug 14, 2026
Retail feels the squeeze
In the Commerce Department’s retail sales report for July, sales at stores of all kinds were down 0.6%, when a modest increase in sales had been expected. Though some discretionary purchases are up, consumers …
26:12
Marketplace · Aug 13, 2026
Long-term bond yields hit a long-term high
The government is selling 30-year bonds with interest rates at a quarter-century high. We talk with Greg Ip at the Wall Street Journal about how that could be a warning from investors over stubborn …
25:51
Marketplace · Aug 12, 2026
Steep inflation, meet slow wage growth
The average household’s buying power has slipped by about 0.1%, when the latest CPI report is compared to last week’s jobs numbers. In layman’s terms, Americans took a pay cut over the last year. …
26:00
Marketplace · Aug 11, 2026
Credit card delinquencies climb
Credit card delinquencies are sitting at 13% so far this year. It’s the highest national rate since the tail-end of the Great Recession. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, including high inflation and job …
26:21
Marketplace · Aug 10, 2026
Whoosh, there go our wage gains
More bad news from last week’s jobs report: Wage growth slowed to 3.2%, the lowest yearly rate in five years. Combine that with high inflation, and consumers are losing purchasing power. In this episode, …
26:22
Marketplace · Aug 7, 2026
Job losses reveal a shakier labor market
The July jobs report is out, and it’s a doozy: The U.S. labor market shed a net 23,000 jobs last month. Previous months, which saw moderate gains, were revised down. In this episode, which …
26:36
Marketplace · Aug 6, 2026
Should there be an oil export ban?
As high gas costs pile up for drivers, Big Oil is getting jumpy. That’s because one way to bring prices down, at least temporarily, is an oil export ban. The Trump administration hasn’t signaled …
26:12
Marketplace · Aug 5, 2026
Want a raise? You might have to find a new job
You know how wages have, on average, stagnated when you account for inflation? Well there’s one group that saw some actual wage growth last month: Job changers. Pay growth for people who switched jobs …
26:09
Marketplace · Aug 4, 2026
Manufacturing boomed in July. Thank all that AI money
In July, the manufacturing sector grew at its fastest month-to-month rate in four years. A new tax law likely boosted company spending to some degree, but AI investment packed the biggest punch — demand …
26:19
Marketplace · Aug 3, 2026
High oil prices, big oil profits
Permian Basin oil companies are reporting strong quarterly earnings, as the Iran war keeps prices up and supply restricted. West Texas, formerly in a slump, has seen an uptick in hiring and new rigs. …
26:17
Marketplace · Jul 31, 2026
The future of self-driving cars
Amazon’s autonomous vehicle company, Zoox, can now roll out 2,500 of its vehicles annually in the next two years. Are more robotic cars coming, or will there be more speed bumps? But first, we’ll …
26:37
Marketplace · Jul 30, 2026
Why price-squeezed consumers still shell out for organic
Since 2020, the cost of groceries has risen 26%. But contrary to what you might think, cash-strapped consumers aren’t necessarily staying away from pricier options. In this episode, why Americans are doubling down on …
26:31
Marketplace · Jul 29, 2026
The states making extra off of high gas prices
The Trump administration’s war in the Middle East has driven up fuel prices globally. As drivers pay more at the pump, some oil-rich states like New Mexico and Alaska are experiencing a tax revenue …
26:45
Marketplace · Jul 28, 2026
No, Trump's tariffs haven't reshored manufacturing jobs
President Trump insists his economic policies have supported a reshoring of manufacturing jobs. At a rally held at a Michigan GM facility on Monday, he doubled down. In reality, the U.S. has lost 75,000 …
26:16
Marketplace · Jul 27, 2026
TPS cuts will tear through the labor market
More than 330,000 Haitians lost their ability to legally live and work in the U.S. this week. A recent Supreme Court ruling allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for refugees from …
26:05
Marketplace · Jul 24, 2026
A year later, is Trump’s investment in Intel… a win-win?
Intel’s sales jumped by 25% last quarter, the largest increase in over a decade — making the U.S. government’s stake in the company around $40 billion after the administration invested last year. In this …
25:59
Marketplace · Jul 23, 2026
Unemployment filings hit a 55-year low
Sounds rosy, right? Not if you’re long-term unemployed, underemployed, or a new grad. In this episode, the labor market’s low-hire, low-fire status quo reaches a new extreme. Plus: States sue over new Medicaid work …
25:55
Marketplace · Jul 22, 2026
What's driving up the 30-year Treasury yield?
The yield on a 30-year Treasury bond has been hovering above 5% for a couple weeks — the longest stretch since the Great Recession. One reason is Treasury bonds are competing with Big Tech …
26:30
Marketplace · Jul 21, 2026
What Anthropic's copyright settlement means
Anthropic settled a copyright case Monday, agreeing to pay out $1.5 billion to authors whose material had been scraped to train its AI chatbot. It comes out to roughly $3,000 per work used after …
25:46
Marketplace · Jul 20, 2026
The four dollar threshold
Blink and you’d miss it — gas prices cooled earlier this summer as the Iran war reached a ceasefire, but the national average is back up to $4 a gallon, according to AAA. In …
26:02
Marketplace · Jul 17, 2026
Will Chevron-Iraq deal solve oil woes?
The short answer is no, the Chevron-Iraq deal won’t solve the problem. So why did the U.S.-based energy company sign a vague, preliminary deal to negotiate a pipeline that circumvents the Strait of Hormuz? …
25:14
Marketplace · Jul 16, 2026
Businesses brace for tariff déjà vu
The White House has proposed new tariffs on 60 countries that allegedly aren’t doing enough to ban forced labor. Domestic businesses, already burned from last year’s trade war, are bracing for more hurt. In …
25:22
Marketplace · Jul 15, 2026
The U.S. has the steepest inflation in the G7
Though the latest inflation reports show price growth cooled a bit in June, U.S. inflation remains higher than its peer nations, which include the U.K., Canada, France, and Japan. President Trump’s tariffs are partially …
25:31
Marketplace · Jul 14, 2026
Inflation came down in June. Will it stay that way?
We got a better-than-expected June CPI report: Inflation slowed in both the goods and services sectors. But it’s hard to say whether that trend will continue and how it might affect the Fed’s next …
25:32
Marketplace · Jul 13, 2026
Big banks fare well in this rocky economy
Five major banks report earnings Tuesday morning, and analysts expect them to be rosy. Despite a volatile energy market and uncertain geopolitical climate, U.S. banks are turning strong profits. They’ve got AI investment and …
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