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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.

50 episodes tracked

Marketplace

Don't move a muscle!

How's the stock market doing, minus AI?

We're stocking up

A tale of two deficits

Nike's not just doing it

Inflation held steady in August. Yay?

OpenAI is staying private (for now)

Consumer confidence slides to 12-year low

Nvidia's record-breaking stock buyback

High interest rates could balloon the national debt

Fed officials speak up on inflation

Tension grows in the housing market

Time for a diesel export ban?

The state of U.S.-China trade

Caught in the Canada trade war crossfire

Home improvement stores feel the pinch

Bond traders take a turn in the spotlight

Imports are way, way up

A cast of hawkish central bankers

Inflation trumps wage gains

What's the new normal for global oil?

The case for healthcare price caps

Canada taxes back

As prices rise, so too does our credit reliance

Wage growth disappoints

Chevron's big bet

Even higher diesel prices are coming

Borrowing costs go boom

Oil markets brace for maintenance season

The ongoing cost of ICE raids on Latino entreprenuers

Grass is always greener

How much power does the Fed really have?

Preparing for an AI tax crisis

Does Canada need new energy partners?

When unemployment becomes endless

Sec. Bessent's big plan to finance the national debt

Let's import some inflation

Got beef?

Consumer sentiment takes a tumble

Retail feels the squeeze

Long-term bond yields hit a long-term high

Steep inflation, meet slow wage growth

Credit card delinquencies climb

Whoosh, there go our wage gains

Job losses reveal a shakier labor market

Should there be an oil export ban?

Want a raise? You might have to find a new job

Manufacturing boomed in July. Thank all that AI money

High oil prices, big oil profits

The future of self-driving cars