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392 episodes transcribedBad news for your next smartphone purchase: An extended memory chip crunch is upon us, warns Apple CEO Tim Cook. New artificial intelligence...
U.S. gross domestic product grew by 2% in the first three months of 2026. (It’s a stark improvement to the final quarter of 2025, which saw G...
Wednesday marked Jerome Powell’s final FOMC meeting as chair of the Federal Reserve. Central bank leaders held rates steady this week, though...
The U.S. Federal Reserve meets this week — so do central banks in Japan, England, Canada, and the European Union. Most will keep rates unchan...
It’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 —...
