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.
331 episodes transcribedOn the whole, consumers are feeling 20% worse about the economy than they were a year ago, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of...
The latest JOLTS report is bleaker than expected. There were 6.5 million job openings across the U.S. economy in December, down nearly 400,00...
“Retail theft” often conjures Hollywood-esque heist scenes or sleight of hand at self-checkout. But 2025 was likely the biggest year on recor...
It's a big week for major televised events: The Winter Olympics kick off Wednesday and Super Bowl Sunday is nigh. Brands used to save their b...
Productivity — the rate at which companies make what they make, or do what they do — has been a reliably bright spot in this economy. But wag...
Activists called for a nationwide shutdown of economic activity Friday, Jan. 30, following another killing by immigration officials. But in t...
Electricity prices have increased by approximately 40% since 2021, far outpacing inflation. Despite AI data centers making headlines as energ...
We keep hearing how the U.S. dollar has been “weakening.” Put another way, the euro is getting stronger: It hit $1.20 earlier this week. But...
Artificial intelligence companies raised enormous amounts of money in 2025, and made major investments in development and infrastructure. Wha...
Artificial intelligence is one of a handful of industries propelling this economy forward. But as the sector explodes, not everyone is on boa...
The FDIC has approved proposals by GM and Ford to launch their own banking units. That means the automakers will be able to provide their own...
Revised GDP data for this past summer shows the U.S. economy grew faster than we initially thought. A few key parts of the private services s...
The EU owns $8 trillion in Treasurys. Sure, Eurozone governments probably won’t use ‘em as leverage in the Trump-Greenland situation — and ev...
After decades of globalization, the U.S. may be paying a political price: International leaders are forging new trade agreements independent...
President Trump has announced new tariffs on European Union countries, aimed at forcing a deal for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. But the EU...
An AI-driven construction boom is coming, some hope. But to build all that infrastructure, the U.S. is going to need a lot more construction...
President Trump recently ordered government-backed mortgage companies (that’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) to buy up $200 billion in mortgage-...
The unemployment rate in December among people aged 20 to 24 was 8.2%. That’s up nearly a full percentage point from 2024, and much higher th...
The cost of food consumed at home was up 0.7% month-over-month in December, and 2.4% year-over-year. Go back five years, and grocery prices a...
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell, a move Powell has since called "an un...
