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Do we need quarterly earnings reports?
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why not report earnings twice a year? The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal to eliminate the requirement for publicly traded ...
The ethics of using AI to immortalize the dead
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There's an emerging industry that uses artificial intelligence to create simulations of people who've died. These post mortem avatars are also called ...
Gas price vibe check
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When gas prices go up, Americans freak out. It doesn’t matter that gas prices often fluctuate independently of all the other stuff we have to buy an...
How the farm bill became the everything bill
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Farm bills are huge, sprawling pieces of legislation that affect all Americans — not just farmers. But as they’ve gotten more expensive, they’ve...
What CFPB cuts mean for you
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two of the three major credit bureaus are dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints. At the same time, the Trump administration has attempted t...
Expect a bigger tax refund this year
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you are one of the millions of people who haven't done your taxes yet, you've got a month and a day left to file. Something to look forward to, tho...
AI-powered workplace tools keep tabs on employees
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
More and more companies are incorporating artificial intelligence into their workflows — from AI assistants that record and analyze meetings, to AI ...
Bonus: Does Money Stress You Out? From "Happier with Gretchen Rubin"
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For a lot of us, money is a source of anxiety and guilt. Reema recently joined the podcast “Happier with Gretchen Rubin” for a roundtable conver...
When will oil be too expensive?
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Crude oil prices have risen about $30 a barrel in the three weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched a war in Iran. At some point, U.S. consumers will...
Europe looks to step back from U.S. Big Tech
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is Europe's reliance on U.S. tech a vulnerability? With geopolitical uncertainties growing under the second Trump administration, governments and inst...
Air travel as a political football
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
TSA agents and air traffic controllers are missing their first full month of paychecks as a result of the partial government shutdown. In response, CE...
How confident are crypto consumers?
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here at Marketplace, we often report on a monthly economic indicator from the University of Michigan called the consumer sentiment index. It basically...
Tariff whack-a-mole
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After the Supreme Court overturned many of President Trump’s tariffs, his administration implemented new import taxes through a different legal aven...
Can Hollywood make a comeback?
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, we’re preparing for the Oscars by checking in on the state of the film industry. Marketplace’s Amy Scott sits down with Wall St...
Can Congress tackle housing affordability?
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill yesterday that aims to take on housing affordability by increasing the housing supply and cutting red tape. But it...
Tariffs come for the Friday fish fry
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some Christians observe the weeks of Lent leading up to Easter by not eating meat on Fridays. That means that we’re in the thick of fish fry season....
Bytes: Week in Review - Amazon and AI, YouTube tops the media market and Meta buys an AI-only social network
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the AI chatbot social network Moltbook finds a new home. Plus, YouTube dominates the media landscape. But first, a look at AI-related site ...
Refineries brace for crude drought
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s war with Iran continues to provoke economic consequences. With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Middle East crude oil will be blocked ...
The economic ripple effects of ICE in Minnesota
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ICE may have wound down its operations in Minnesota, but the state is still facing the economic consequences of Operation Metro Surge. This has fueled...
Local eatery obituaries
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Data shows that chain restaurants grew by 3% last year, while smaller independent restaurants declined by more than 2% as they struggled to navigate r...
Don't forget: There's still a trade war going on
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, the U.S. trade representative announced an investigation into unfair trade practices that could result in a whole new round of import taxes...
Can I monetize my hobby without killing the joy?
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you’ve heard that little voice: What if I could make a little money from this? The urge to monetize your hobby can feel tempting, but is it wo...
Why Bitcoin falls short as a safe haven in geopolitical turmoil
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pretty much since its inception, the cryptocurrency bitcoin has been compared to gold: There’s only so much of it, its value isn't tied to any fiat ...
CPI, demystified
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Februrary consumer price index report is out, and it’s got some new data points that can tell us what’s going on in the broader economy — ev...
What supply chains are being choked off by war?
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical passage in many global supply chains, is basically shut down as fighting continues in the region. All this has thrott...
What war in the Middle East is costing the U.S.
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
$800 million a day. That's the rough monetary estimate of how much the U.S. military operation in Iran is costing taxpayers, according to the Penn Wha...
An Ohio newspaper gives AI a byline
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio, has been around since the 1800s. Now, it's leaning into a very 21st century tactic: embracing the use o...
Jet fuel prices soar as war continues
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As war in the Middle East pushes oil prices up, the price of jet fuel rises too. And that means air travel could get more expensive. The catch? Airlin...
The ski industry squeeze
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As prices have risen over the past decade, snow sports have gotten farther and farther out of reach for many Americans. And this has big implications ...
The view of this economy from the boardroom
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A recent survey of 100 CEOs at major companies by the audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG finds that AI and policy uncertainty around tariffs are top o...
A wild ride for oil prices
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just to get you up to speed on oil prices: Brent Crude is at $92 a barrel this morning. Yesterday morning, it was at $117. While prices have dipped, t...
What do Girl Scouts get out of selling cookies online?
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Girl Scout cookie sales started back in 1917. In addition to raising money, cookie selling is also meant to make the girls more business savvy. The Gi...
Consumers were pessimistic before the war. Now what?
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Consumer sentiment was already trending negative before the war in Iran started, a war that so far has precipitated climbing oil prices and geopolitic...
Oil prices and war in the Middle East
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices came close to hitting $120 a barrel yesterday. This morning, they're hovering around $100 a barrel. Gas prices are also up 27 cents in a we...
An eye on labor force participation
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Economists are still digesting last Friday's jobs report, which showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. The labor force participation rate — the p...
California’s one-stop shop for data brokers to delete consumers' data
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 39.4 million people who live in California now have a new tool where they can request that data brokers delete their personal information. That ma...
Job numbers fall short of expectations
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of slightly easing, unemployment crept up too, to 4.4%. Even the health ...
The big money in the Texas primaries
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Texas primary elections were heated — and historic in terms of campaign spending. On today’s show, Blaise Gainey, state politics rep...
A month of job losses
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. economy actually lost jobs last month. The number of people on U.S. payrolls fell by 92,000 in February, with big swings in education and hea...
Gasoline and diesel prices are spiking
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
War in the Middle East has caused oil prices to spike, and — right on cue — gasoline prices have risen quickly. They’re up 34 cents in a week, ...
Bytes: Week in Review — Prediction markets reel amid Iran conflict, defense contractors to drop Anthropic, and Meta's AI deal with News Corp
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meta and News Corp reached a licensing deal this week. Plus, defense contractors untangle Claude from their workflows.But first, the online prediction...
Why manufacturing employment continues to fall
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The February jobs report isn’t out until Friday. Still, experts are all but certain the manufacturing sector will have lost jobs compared to last ye...
The Trump administration scrapped the endangerment finding. Now what?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The endangerment finding paved the way for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from cars, trucks, and power plants. Now that the Environmen...
Health care job growth continues to be on a tear
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In pretty much every jobs report of 2025 — and on into early 2026 — health care was the most reliable job-creating sector. Some 436,000 health ...
A big year for fans of maple syrup
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Parts of the Great Lakes region have seen their coldest winter in more than a decade, and maple syrup farmers are rejoicing. The cold snap has been pe...
Steve Burns beyond “Blue’s Clues”
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Burns didn’t set out to become a children’s TV icon. He moved to New York with only a duffle bag full of clothes, $300 in his pocket, and a ...
Iran’s cyberwar on American banks
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the war in the Middle East intensifies, one risk facing American banks is the possibility of cyber attacks by hackers linked to Iran. There is som...
"The Pitt" is the ultimate workplace drama
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
R. Scott Gemmill swore he’d never make another medical drama after “ER.” Good news: We’d argue his hit HBO Max series “The Pitt” is really...
What you need to know about the Live Nation court case
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Justice and dozens of states are accusing Live Nation — the owner of Ticketmaster — of being a monopoly, shutting out competitio...
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mortgage rates dipped below 6% last week. Now, they're back up. Sudden conflict and uncertainty almost always cause volatility in the mortgage market....
Brands are racing to show up in AI search
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You've probably heard of search engine optimization, or SEO. That's what you need to do to get your shoe brand or your coffee shop or your public radi...
War sends cargo to the skies
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Military conflict, like the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, can wreck carefully planned cargo routes. While some ships were sent around the Horn of...
The U.S., Iran and the rise of drone warfare
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As war in the Middle East widens, it’s become clear that drones now play a fundamental role in global conflict. They’ve changed the way wars are f...
What's going on with the bond market?
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the world gets scary, investors are usually very hungry for bonds because they're safer bets than the stock market. But with the war in Iran, bon...
The economic reverberations of war
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The war with Iran continues to disrupt oil production and shipping channels in the Middle East. Today, we're unpacking the ripple effects of the confl...
Digital archiving and the global memory shortage
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As tech companies rush to build data centers to power their AI models, they're eating up power, money, and memory. Specifically, memory chips. The res...
Overnight, a wartime economy
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s too early to know how long the U.S. and Israel war against Iran will last. One certainty? All-out war comes at a cost. Already, Qatar has cut n...
Global markets respond to the attack on Iran
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices are jumping around this morning, but you can bet they're up — around 6-7%. Gold, a safehaven for investors, is up about 2%. "We're in a ...
Iran's role in the global oil supply
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran means a disruption of global oil markets. Iran has closed navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, leaving hundred...
How government uses "surveillance as a service" to collect data
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We create digital breadcrumbs all the time — when we buy something online, when we post on social media, and even when we look up directions on the ...
Fast-casual meal deals are upon us
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear "meal deal" you probably think of fast-food chains, like McDonald’s. But as daily life grows more unaffordable, a new tier of chain re...
Make Me Smart: Vermont Edition
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, we’re taking a trip to the Green Mountain State for an up close look at one of Vermont’s most pressing economic issues: housing...
Global jitters over private credit
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
MFS, a big lender based in London, has been making risky loans and is in the British equivalent of bankruptcy. Now, investors are buying up U.S. gover...
Paramount poised to acquire Warner Bros.
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Paramount Skydance appears to have won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount raised its offer, and rival Netflix refused to match it, ...
"Live from the UK" one last time
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: First up, British manufacturer Dyson settles a lawsuit filed against it by 24 migrant workers, and the Premier League says...
Bytes: Week in Review - Anthropic and the Pentagon face off, OpenAI teams up with consulting firms and Mac Mini moves to the U.S.
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, OpenAI turns to consultants to get more companies to integrate AI coworkers.Plus, Apple will be making its Mac Mini in Texas.But first, U.S...
A private credit market boom
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The private credit market has grown fivefold since 2008 — it’s somewhere near the $2 trillion-mark globally. In this episode, we explain why polic...
Kai returns to unpack Trump's new tariff
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Things have felt pretty chaotic in this economy since the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s signature tariffs last week. On today’s show...
What it costs to become an Olympian or Paralympian
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Now that the Winter Olympics have wrapped up, the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games kick off on March 6. Dozens of athletes will represent Team USA in sl...
What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The AI company Anthropic is loosening some of its core safety principles. Anthropic unveiled a new policy on safeguards earlier this week, moving from...
U.S. grants Cuba access to some Venezuelan oil
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The United States says it will allow some small Venezuelan oil shipments to reach Cuba, providing a lifeline to the Caribb...
How do I cope with layoff anxiety?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With more layoffs in the news, a lot of workers are feeling spooked. It can be hard not to spiral into what ifs: What if the next paycheck is my last?...
Physical media's comeback
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Move over, streaming services. Physicial media is making a comback. A Consumer Reports survey finds that nearly half of people in the US are watching...
Expect and you shall recieve
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Consumer surveys show us Americans think inflation will climb in the coming years. That belief could be one reason inflation actually does climb. See,...
The ripple effects of AI splurging
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
First up, AI has driven a market moodiness as of late. Broader anxieties have sparked sell-offs, while bullish tech optimism has also boosted stock in...
The TL;DR of Trump's SOTU
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, President Donald Trump strongly defended his tariffs in his State of the Union address. He made the case for future tariffs, despite the S...
Germany's chancellor goes to China to talk trade
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says there is a great opportunity to develop ties with China following a meeting with its...
AI meets the search for a BA
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As teenagers decide whether to go college, and where, more of them are turning to artificial intelligence to help make that decision. According to a s...
"We're trying to control what we can control": A Fed president reflects
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank since 2017, will step down from his post this week. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal s...
Sled hockey's Declan Farmer makes us smart about the Winter Paralympics
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Want more of the Winter Games? We have good news for you: The Winter Paralympics kick off in Milan next week. On today’s show, three-time Paralympic...
The link between immigration and longer life
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research spotlights how immigrants may be shaping the health and mortality rates of older Ame...
AI anxieties and market tumbles
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street is looking to recover after yesterday's big stock market drop. Part of it was due to tariff uncertainty, but part of it was also due to a ...
Tallying the cost of the Russia-Ukraine war, four years on
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Exactly four years ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been kill...
Here's how to prep for a job interview with AI
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you're getting ready for a job interview. What do you do to prepare? You may have your sibling do a mock interview. You might also panic-buy a...
Burning Questions: The EPA repealed the endangerment finding. Who are the economic winners and losers?
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month the Trump administration revoked the endangerment finding, which gave the federal government a legal basis for regulating greenhous...
Let's talk about the new Trump tariff
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In response to the SCOTUS decision overturning most of President Trump’s tariffs, the White House announced a new, sweeping tariff of 15% worldwide ...
Trump dusts off obscure legal authority for new tariffs
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Following Friday’s Supreme Court decision striking down a number of President Trump’s tariffs, the administration is moving to impose a global 15%...
Fallout from the Supreme Court's tariff decision
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping “retaliatory” tariffs, ruling that he doesn’t have the authority to impose...
Trump's tariffs continue to confound
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Governments around the world are scrambling to react to President Trump’s decision to impose a sweeping 15% tariff on al...
AI makes it easier to code websites — including ones that scam consumers
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to AI coding agents, basically anyone can program their own software without much technical knowledge. But lowering the barrier to sophisticate...
Building Tomorrow: A Special Look at the Future of Housing
21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Building Tomorrow” is a special collaboration between Marketplace and This Old House Radio Hour that asks a simple but urgent question: How do we...
How to dodge tariffs on Chinese goods
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump’s tariffs today. We’ll discuss how the decision might affect businesses and consumers. Also ...
The view from cattle country
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s edition of “Economics on Tap,” Kimberly is joined by Anna Pope, agriculture and rural affairs reporter for KOSU and Harvest Public Me...
Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court just ruled that the cornerstone of the president’s tariff policy is illegal. It says Donald Trump can’t impose tariffs under the...
Understanding the “cruel math of unemployment”
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mainstream economics acknowledges that some joblessness helps to keep prices down. It’s one of the reasons most economists say unemployment at zero ...
Bytes: Week in Review — Google to make links more prominent, Palantir moves to Florida and Ring reportedly had plans to use "Search Party" for more than finding lost dogs
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Palantir announced on X it’s relocating its headquarters to Miami. Plus, we look at the controversy around Ring's Search Party feature.Bu...
The price is never right anymore
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Consumers have gotten worse at guessing how much goods cost, research shows. Call that literal sticker shock? Accelerated price growth might be to bla...
A dispatch from "Katyzuela"
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
More U.S. gasoline refiners are moving to buy crude oil directly from Venezuelan producers after the Trump administration eased licensing. Meanwhile, ...
Congress set aside $50 billion to transform rural health care. Will it work?
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A $50 billion pot of money for rural health care made it into last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump’s hallmark tax and spending ...
When workers are profiled, bullied, and harassed
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a conversation with the owner of a Portland-based construction firm, something disturbing was revealed: One reason he can't retain the workers he n...