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Samantha Fields

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252 total appearances

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Marketplace All-in-One
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates

This time, so far, Susan Wachter at the University of Pennsylvania says concerns about rising oil prices seem to be winning out.

Marketplace All-in-One
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates

Fear of that happening is what has pushed the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds up and mortgage rates up along with it.

Marketplace All-in-One
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates

But Fairweather at Redfin says there are other factors at play, too.

Marketplace All-in-One
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates

And she says that data could have as much or more of an impact on mortgage rates than the conflict in the Middle East.

Marketplace All-in-One
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates

I'm Samantha Fields for Marketplace.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

If you haven't heard of Depop, I'm going to go ahead and guess that you, like me, are over 35.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

Steve Hockman at Technology Solutions from Nagaro says that's likely a big part of why eBay wanted to buy Depop.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

There are risks here for eBay.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

Hockman says Depop, like other sites that let people buy and sell used clothes, has struggled to make money.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

all of which could translate to Depop.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

Even without profitability, Sucharita Kadali at Forrester says Depop brings something valuable to eBay, its database of Gen Z buyers and sellers.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

And by buying the platform, she says they get the names and a bunch of data on what those consumers want.

Marketplace All-in-One
AI anxieties and market tumbles

I'm Samantha Fields for Marketplace.

Marketplace
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

When John Sidlecki first started working as a primary care doctor almost 30 years ago, he loved it.

Marketplace All-in-One
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

When John Sidlecki first started working as a primary care doctor almost 30 years ago, he loved it.

Marketplace All-in-One
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

But a lot has changed since then, and not in a good way.

Marketplace
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

But a lot has changed since then, and not in a good way.

Marketplace All-in-One
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

Yet primary care doctors have less time now.

Marketplace
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

Yet primary care doctors have less time now.

Marketplace
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"

One big reason for that is reimbursement rates have declined over the years.