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.
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Tariff whack-a-mole
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Refineries brace for crude drought
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CPI, demystified
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Jet fuel prices soar as war continues
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Consumers were pessimistic before the war. Now what?
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Job numbers fall short of expectations
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Why manufacturing employment continues to fall
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"The Pitt" is the ultimate workplace drama
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War sends cargo to the skies
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Overnight, a wartime economy
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Fast-casual meal deals are upon us
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A private credit market boom
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Expect and you shall recieve
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"We're trying to control what we can control": A Fed president reflects
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Let's talk about the new Trump tariff
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How to dodge tariffs on Chinese goods
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The price is never right anymore
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Immigration and job growth are linked, Fed says
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Why would the Fed loosen mortgage regulations?
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What if Trump does roll back steel and aluminum tariffs?
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Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"
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More K-shaped spending
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Here's what we learned from the January jobs report
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Holiday spending slowdown
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Less-than-great expectations for upcoming jobs data
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Consumer mood sours
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There are more unemployed people than job openings right now
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Cargo theft ramps up
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Heavy on celebrity, light on social commentary
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Why higher productivity doesn't equal wage growth
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How small businesses navigated the ICE strike
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Energy bill burdens grow
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Does the EU even want a strong euro?
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Let's tour the growing AI economy
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As AI expands, Americans have doubts
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Your car company also wants to be your bank
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Here's what kept GDP climbing last summer
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The EU owns $8 trillion in Treasurys
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The global trade status quo is shifting. Will the U.S. be left out?
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U.S.-EU relationship status: It's complicated
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Skilled labor scarcity
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Trump's latest plan to lower mortgage rates
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Finding work as a young person? In this economy?
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It's not just you — food prices rose 2.4% last year
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The Fed under attack
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The weak spot in this job market
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Productivity climbs — without hiring to match
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Labor market anxieties grow
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Corporations expected to take on record debt in 2026
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Markets shrug off U.S. capture of Maduro
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