David Brancaccio

The data show Latino entrepreneurship is a key area of strength for the economy.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer has that.

And there's a mania for precious metals, including copper, with atomic number 29 up 6 percent today, crossing above $14,000 a ton for the first time.

One analyst called all this metal grubbing unhinged and copper theft has surged.

A couple of guys got into an AT&T vault with a lot of copper in Chatsworth, California this week.

One jumped into a manhole to get away from police.

That only worked for a while.

In Los Angeles, I'm David Brancaccio.

It's the Marketplace Morning Report.

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We're on government shutdown watch with the deadline less than two days away.

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles.

Published reports today suggest that Democrats and President Trump are moving closer to a deal to avert a partial government shutdown starting the stroke of midnight Friday to Saturday.

Democrats are pushing reforms for immigration enforcement.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer has an update.

Let's do the numbers.

Up music.

S&P and Nasdaq futures are up by less than a tenth percent.

Dow futures are up half a percent at this point.

The 10-year interest rate steady this morning so far, 4.25 percent after the Federal Reserve yesterday, no surprise, decided to keep its interest rate steady.