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.
388 episodes transcribedIt’s been a trend for a year now — home prices are up even though demand is sluggish. As Americans face growing economic uncertainty and risi...
Companies are using AI tools more every day. Some, like Meta, are even encouraging employees to use as many AI tokens as possible. But compan...
Business activity growth soared in April, according to S&P Global’s purchasing managers index. The topline number might sound rosy, but e...
Boeing posted strong Q1 earnings Wednesday, and executives breathed a sigh of relief. The aircraft manufacturer survived several years of sig...
Haven’t you always wished for robots to do menial labor? That’s sort of what agentic artificial intelligence is — rather than existing solely...
Rising gas prices, stemming from President Trump’s war against Iran, have frustrated drivers all spring. But diesel prices are up too, and di...
QVC, which pioneered live TV shopping shows, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. Leadership made the next step clear: a pivot away fro...
Cautious employers are hiring more temporary workers, according to the Fed’s latest Beige Book. It's sort of a half-step toward creating perm...
The results are in, and despite concerns that the war in Iran would dampen big banks’ earnings, they’re doing just fine, thank you. On earnin...
As the U.S. population ages, our economy will rely more on nations with younger workforces. Nations like Vietnam, where there are two working...
Grocery prices rose less than 2% in March, according to the latest consumer price index. The cost of some staples, including eggs, butter, an...
Nearly 600 Marketplace fans gathered at the Aratani Theatre in downtown Los Angeles to watch Kai Ryssdal present Marketplace Live, in partner...
Overall unemployment measured 4.3% in March, which is a sign of a fairly strong economy. A contradicting data point? The number of Americans...
The personal consumption expenditures report, which is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, showed costs rose 2.8% year-over-year in Feb...
The share of U.S. debt held by foreign countries has been shrinking. Foreign investors currently hold about 30% of federal public debt, down...
Laws prohibiting insider trading in commodities markets — which could be applied to prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket —...
We've got the first whiff of price growth as a result of President Donald Trump's war in the Middle East: A services sector purchasing index...
The war with Iran has driven up the price of gas — as in, the gas we put in our cars. But what about natural gas, like the kind we use to hea...
President Trump said last night that military attacks on Iran will end in two or three weeks. But the effect on the global oil market will la...
Thursday marks one year since President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on basically all imported goods — how time flies! The name of the ga...
