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.
488 episodes transcribedThe latest BLS data put real hourly wage gains at -0.3% last month, compared to last year. That’s thanks to inflation running hotter than pay...
Oil industry analysts were hopeful earlier this year that Trump’s war in the Middle East would be short-lived. But it’s become clear that an...
Healthcare affordability is top-of-mind for many Americans right now. And for a long time, state legislators’ only avenue for easing that bur...
Canada levied a range of tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday, escalating an ongoing trade war launched by President Donald Trump. It isn’t the firs...
Prices are rising faster than average wages in this economy, and many Americans have turned to credit to keep up. They are paying it off for...
This economy added twice the amount of jobs expected in August, which is good news for the labor market. Still, the latest jobs report showed...
American oil giant Chevron plans to funnel $7 billion into its Venezuela operations over the next five years, with a goal of more than doubli...
The average cost of a gallon of diesel was $5.68 on Wednesday — just 13 cents shy of a record high. Tariffs and ongoing wars are both to blam...
Bond yields jumped to multi-decade highs in some countries this week, as market anxiety about inflation and the Iran war grows. The U.S. is n...
In Texas oil country, September usually marks the beginning of maintenance season. But with refineries running at near-100% capacity to meet...
It’s been more than a year since the Trump administration intensified ICE raids in immigrant communities across the U.S. Latino entreprenuers...
The NFL is back in a couple weeks, and so is artificial turf. Several NFL stadiums rolled out the green carpet this summer for World Cup matc...
Another month, another PCE report that put annual core inflation meaningfully above the Fed’s 2% target. The central bank has been fighting h...
If artificial intelligence really does replace human labor, the U.S. could be in for a tax revenue crisis. That’s because high unemployment s...
Fuel hasn’t been touched in the trade clash between the U.S. and Canada (yet). It’s probably because the countries have an interdependent ene...
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 we...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s buyback of long-term bonds was a bit of a letdown this week — the interest rates barely budged. The Treasu...
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 p...
Consumer spending fell in early August, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s survey. July retail sales were dow...
