Marketplace podcast

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.

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.

 

#50

When unemployment becomes endless

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at least 1.8 million Americans have been acti... more

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#49

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 ... more

20 Aug 2026

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20 Aug 2026


#48

Let's import some inflation

The price of imported goods, sans energy, was up 4.5% year-over-year in July. Data center ... more

19 Aug 2026

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19 Aug 2026


#47

Got beef?

Cattle herds are at a national low not seen since the 1950s. That’s driving up the price o... more

18 Aug 2026

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18 Aug 2026


#46

Consumer sentiment takes a tumble

Consumer spending fell in early August, according to preliminary results from the Universi... more

17 Aug 2026

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17 Aug 2026


#45

Retail feels the squeeze

In the Commerce Department’s retail sales report for July, sales at stores of all kinds we... more

14 Aug 2026

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14 Aug 2026


#44

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 ... more

13 Aug 2026

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13 Aug 2026


#43

Steep inflation, meet slow wage growth

The average household’s buying power has slipped by about 0.1%, when the latest CPI report... more

12 Aug 2026

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12 Aug 2026


#42

Credit card delinquencies climb

Credit card delinquencies are sitting at 13% so far this year. It’s the highest national r... more

11 Aug 2026

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11 Aug 2026


#41

Whoosh, there go our wage gains

More bad news from last week’s jobs report: Wage growth slowed to 3.2%, the lowest yearly ... more

10 Aug 2026

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10 Aug 2026


#40

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 job... more

07 Aug 2026

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07 Aug 2026


#39

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... more

06 Aug 2026

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06 Aug 2026


#38

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’... more

05 Aug 2026

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05 Aug 2026


#37

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... more

04 Aug 2026

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04 Aug 2026


#36

High oil prices, big oil profits

Permian Basin oil companies are reporting strong quarterly earnings, as the Iran war keeps... more

03 Aug 2026

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03 Aug 2026


#35

The future of self-driving cars

Amazon’s autonomous vehicle company, Zoox, can now roll out 2,500 of its vehicles annually... more

31 Jul 2026

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31 Jul 2026


#34

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, cas... more

30 Jul 2026

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30 Jul 2026


#33

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 d... more

29 Jul 2026

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29 Jul 2026


#32

No, Trump's tariffs haven't reshored manufacturing jobs

President Trump insists his economic policies have supported a reshoring of manufacturing ... more

28 Jul 2026

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28 Jul 2026


#31

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 we... more

27 Jul 2026

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27 Jul 2026


#30

A year later, is Trump’s investment in Intel… a win-win?

Intel’s sales [jumped by 25%] (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-intc-q2-earnings-report-2026... more

24 Jul 2026

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24 Jul 2026


#29

Unemployment filings hit a 55-year low

Sounds rosy, right? Not if you’re long-term unemployed, underemployed, or a new grad. In t... more

23 Jul 2026

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23 Jul 2026


#28

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 l... more

22 Jul 2026

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22 Jul 2026


#27

What Anthropic's copyright settlement means

Anthropic settled a copyright case Monday, agreeing to pay out $1.5 billion to authors who... more

21 Jul 2026

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21 Jul 2026


#26

The four dollar threshold

Blink and you’d miss it — gas prices cooled earlier this summer as the Iran war reached a ... more

20 Jul 2026

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20 Jul 2026


#25

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.... more

17 Jul 2026

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17 Jul 2026


#24

Businesses brace for tariff déjà vu

The White House has proposed new tariffs on 60 countries that allegedly aren’t doing enoug... more

16 Jul 2026

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16 Jul 2026


#23

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... more

15 Jul 2026

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15 Jul 2026


#22

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 serv... more

14 Jul 2026

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14 Jul 2026


#21

Big banks fare well in this rocky economy

Five major banks report earnings Tuesday morning, and analysts expect them to be rosy. Des... more

13 Jul 2026

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13 Jul 2026