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Parsing the impact of fresh U.S. sanctions on Russian oil
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: In an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine, the United States has announced new sanctions on Rus...
The aerospace industry is betting on hybrid air taxis
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The promise has been titillating: quiet, electric taxis taking off vertically, floating over urban traffic. The consulting firm McKinsey says in a mat...
Why is Trump throwing money at the Argentine peso?
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. just agreed to spend $20 billion on a currency exchange with Argentina. The hope? To put a lid on inflation before Javier Milei, an ally of P...
Cars, crypto, and Cuba
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, Tesla unveiled cheaper versions of some of its most popular cars. Other automakers are also promising to discount EVs or roll out ...
Spotify and Netflix join forces
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix is trying a new strategy to make more money: It's worked out a deal to stream some podcasts from Spotify, which have both audio and video. The...
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack is costliest in UK's history
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Experts have estimated that the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover — which halted car production there for multiple weeks ...
The Land Problem
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About a third of the greenhouse gases cooking our planet come from our food. Agriculture and livestock production are incredibly taxing on the planet....
How Indigenous communities are adopting AI
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence holds a lot of promise for tribal nations — as a force multiplier for hard-to-staff departments, a tool to better serve trib...
What are corporate outlooks without federal data?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tons of major companies are reporting quarterly earnings and outlooks this week. But with federal data collection on hold, firms don’t have all the ...
From "How We Survive": Food Tour of the Future
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Smarties! Today we’re passing the mic to our friends over at “How We Survive.” This season, Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast is div...
Federal funding pullbacks in JD Vance's hometown
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration has moved to axe many Biden-era green initiatives. One project impacted is in Middletown, Ohio — the hometown of Vice Pres...
Call it a silver squeeze
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Silver hit an all-time high last week. Helping fuel that rally is a physical shortage; global demand for silver has been outstripping supply since 202...
Record stocks welcome Japan’s first female prime minister
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Japan elected its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and the Nikkei 225 index surged to a record high. But the c...
How will AI-led e-commerce affect small businesses?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI chatbot adoption is moving rapidly. We can already ask the tools to help us find local restaurants, a good deal on an item we’re looking to purch...
How do stocks make money?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal needs a bit of help doing his classic “The Numbers” stock market segment so Ryan jumps in to save the day. The ...
How's that BLS data coming along?
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our picture of the U.S. economy grows fuzzier each day the government shutdown continues. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which publishes the most rel...
Climate adaptation as part of the curriculum
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agriculture is notoriously susceptible to the whims of the elements. Farmers and ranchers can see their entire livelihoods turn on one bad hailstorm o...
When a cloud service that powers much of the internet goes down
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's been a major outage of Amazon Web Services, the Amazon system that does computing for other companies. The list of impacted sites and platform...
China's leaders meet to draw up an economic blueprint
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: As members of China's ruling Communist Party gather to discuss the country's economic plans for the next five years, news ...
New CA law requires Uber and Lyft to bargain with drivers
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California has enacted a law requiring rideshare giants Uber and Lyft to collectively bargain with their drivers. Because the drivers are technically ...
Regional banks are doing alright, actually
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two midsize U.S. lenders claimed they were victims of loan fraud this week, sending bank stocks into a tailspin. But by close Friday, markets evened o...
Make Me Smart: St. Louis Edition
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re taking a trip to Kimberly’s hometown: St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis Public Radio’s politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum joins Kim...
Regional bank jitters
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global stocks took a hit today. There was red across the board from New York to Japan as investors have started to worry about the health of regional ...
It's home improvement time
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rates on 30-year mortgages fell again this week to an average of 6.27%, according to FreddieMac. That could boost consumer spending on home improvemen...
U.S. tries to block a global emissions deal for shipping
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: A landmark agreement to reduce carbon emissions from global shipping is in danger of collapsing after President Donald Tru...
Bytes: Week in Review — Instagram to limit content for teens, Walmart lands OpenAI deal, and Apple rebrands streaming service
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AppleTV+ ditches the plus in its name. Plus, Walmart announced an e-commerce deal with OpenAI so customers can shop through ChatGPT.But first, Instagr...
The Uncanny Valley of Meat
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you have ever bitten into a plant-based burger and felt dissatisfied, or even grossed out, you’re not alone. In this episode, we explore the unca...
CEO confidence sinks
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CEO confidence fell in the latest quarter of 2025. Executives surveyed by The Conference Board voiced concerns over inflation, tariffs, and global tra...
This labor market is ripe for job scams
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this rough labor market, job seekers are more vulnerable to scams. We’ve all seen those texts, right? The ones offering jobs with suspiciously hi...
Trying to keep a fragile trade truce alive
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. and Chinese officials are getting together on the sidelines of International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington to try and prese...
Expect a spendy but price-conscious holiday season
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retailers are getting ready for the most magical time of their year: holiday shopping season. Holiday spending is expected to tick up, though that's d...
Thousands in the UK take Johnson & Johnson to court
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: A major legal claim has been filed in the United Kingdom against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, accusing the ...
Documents show ICE wants a nonstop social media surveillance system
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to set up an around-the-clock social media surveillance network, according to public documents reviewed by W...
Time for another supply chain slowdown
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. retail and supply chain sectors are slowing down — September’s Logistics Managers’ Index hits its lowest point since March. Many retail...
Big banks post big earnings, but lending is more muted
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a big week for bank earnings. JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup reported quarterly results on Tuesday; Bank of America and Morgan Stanley re...
Food Tour of the Future
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is changing what we eat. As the planet heats up, foods like salmon, chocolate and coffee might be harder to come by and more expensive ...
A conversation with Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Mokyr is a professor at Northwestern University, who — along with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt — won the Nobel prize in economics earlier...
Greece decides on a 13-hour working day
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Greece's government is voting on a bill authorizing private sector employees to work up to 13 hours a day, if both employe...
FCC cuts expansion to broadband, hotspot access
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before the government shutdown, the Federal Communications Commission voted to end funding for Wi-Fi on school buses and the lending of hotspot device...
Big banks' boom time
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amid all the anxiety, uncertainty and flip-flopping in this economy, one sector is doing tremendously: Big banks. Recent earnings reports showed banks...
When the government shuts down, tribal communities get the shaft
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The effects of government shutdowns are felt particularly deeply in tribal communities across the United States. That’s because the federal governme...
Fewer Chinese international students at American universities
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are almost 250,000 Chinese students in the U.S. this fall. That's a 36% drop from the 2017 peak. For Chinese students still wanting to study abr...
Contractors hit hard by government shutdown
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paychecks are grinding to a halt for federal employees as the government shutdown enters its third week. A 2019 law entitles furloughed workers to bac...
An old-fashioned way of prepping businesses for cyberattacks
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Chief executives have been urged to plan for computer security breaches by going back to pen and paper. The U.K. governmen...
Is surveillance technology a more humane alternative to detaining immigrants?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Countries all over the world use technology to keep track of immigrants released from detention centers. The idea is to allow people to live in commun...
What is insurance?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re resharing an important episode from our archive! There’s a major storm brewing, and Ryan and Bridget are stuck inside. It’s the per...
Trump's tariffs take a toll
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In another wave of tariff news, Trump announced a 100% tariff on Chinese goods that will take effect in November. The constant back and forth of tarif...
The pope versus poverty
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marketplace doesn’t always cover the goings-on of the Holy See. But when he highlights the need to combat poverty, it seems like a pretty good time ...
Nobel economics prize winners focus on tech, innovation
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, the winners of the Nobel Prize in economics — three professors whose work centers on technological innovation and what helps economie...
China's global exports boom amid renewed U.S. trade war
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Trade tensions are flaring as Beijing responds to President Donald Trump’s threats to tack an additional 100% tariff on ...
AI companies are eyeing your shopping cart and your data
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Open AI has added a checkout feature to ChatGPT, partnering with Etsy and Shopify to let users purchase some items from select merchants. OpenAI says ...
The deal with "back door" betting
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wanna put a wager on, well, just about anything? Try a prediction market. Competing industry giants Kalshi and Polymarket both saw major investment th...
Dealing with credit card or medical debt? Here's how to handle it.
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Kimberly is joined by the host of NPR’s “Life Kit” podcast, Marielle Segarra, who’s recently been working on a four-week ne...
What is a government shutdown?
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Esmé noticed her dad suddenly staying home from work, she had questions! Her dad is one of the hundreds of thousands of workers sent home becaus...
Why government shutdowns hit tribes especially hard
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Federal programs and funding play an important role in Indian Country, because of the government’s trust responsibility to provide or fund services ...
What's a U.S. economy to do if foreign tourists feel unloved?
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The travel and tourism industry contributes $2.9 trillion to the U.S. economy — more than the size of the automotive industry. But can travel and t...
The EU introduces new border controls
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The European Union's new Entry/Exit System will be rolled out on Sunday, but there have been warnings it could cause delay...
Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI's new deal with AMD raises more concerns of AI bubble
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ongoing government shutdown has caused a lapse in the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act,a law that's key to protecting the nation against majo...
Greenback gains
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The value of the U.S. dollar has been on the rise after months of decline. Political turmoil abroad has hurt other currencies, while easing rates and ...
An economic vocab lesson for the Trump era
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re all getting smarter about some of the economic and political terms dominating the headlines these days. Terms like “authoritarianism”...
Could airport slowdowns end the shutdown?
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starting Friday, federal workers will be getting their first paychecks for smaller-than-usual amounts as a result of the government shutdown. That’s...
The lights of Las Vegas' economy have lost some glow
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Las Vegas is arguably the discretionary spending capital of the country, if not the entire world. This makes it a good barometer for understanding the...
JPMorgan's Dimon warns of stock market correction
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, told the BBC that a serious market correction could come in the next ...
Why cybersecurity training isn’t enough to stop phishing hacks
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A recent study of nearly 20,000 University of California, San Diego Health workers found cybersecurity training reduced the likelihood of successful p...
Our economic future is a black box
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Know how the government shutdown put the kibosh on federal data distribution, like last week’s cancelled September jobs report? Well experts haven’...
What Trump's tariffs are doing to global trade
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just two months ago, the World Trade Organization predicted global trade would grow by nearly 2% next year. Now, it’s revised that forecast down to ...
Using tariffs to help farmers ... harmed by tariffs
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this year, China ceased crop purchases from U.S. farmers. That hurt American agri...
Gold prices surge to a new record
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Gold has breached $4,000 an ounce for the first time, following one of its strongest monthly performances and its biggest ...
AI "workslop" is hurting coworker dynamics
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI slop is pointless content shared online like fake images and videos. A new study in the Harvard Business Review wants us to consider a variant: “...
“How We Survive” returns Oct. 15
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a future where chocolate and coffee are rare and expensive; where cheap, nutritional staples, like corn and wheat, are threatened.The climate ...
Filling the federal data void
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The federal government shutdown drags on this week, leaving a labor data vacuum. Private firms are hoping to fill the gap with their own data sets —...
The politicization of the National Guard
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A growing list of U.S. cities are set to see National Guard troops in their communities as President Trump explores ways to deploy the military on Ame...
The ACA subsides at the heart of the shutdown fight
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Health care is a major sticking point between Republicans and Democrats in the government shutdown standoff. Congressional Democrats are refusing to e...
What's next for interest rates? Look to the Fed minutes.
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Later this week, we’ll learn more about how the Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates when the Federal Open Market Committee releases the mi...
Coal gets dethroned
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Energy thinktank Ember says that for the first time, solar and wind met all new global electricity demand in the first hal...
Online job scams are a growing problem
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The number of scams involving job postings and offers nearly tripled between 2020 and 2024, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The change tran...
Why is it called a bull market or a bear market?
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget and Ryan are at the Podcast Hosts for Youths Sleepaway Camp, but Ryan just can’t fall asleep. That’s when they meet Dougie Pickles, host o...
Are AI financing loops efficient or alarming?
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI announced it will invest big time in chipmaker AMD, potentially in exchange for a stake in the firm. As AI investment has ramped up, similar de...
A shutdown, layoffs, and yet the market keeps surging
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, the White House threatened more layoffs if negotiations between Democrats and Republicans continue to go nowhere. Meanwhile, 100,000...
Let's talk about climate finance
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The nonprofit One Earth has been tracking $400 billion worth of private investment in climate change solutions. Thing is, the amount of money being in...
Japan preps to elect new leader as its economic woes deepen
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The Nikkei 225 stock index in Japan rose sharply on the first day of trading after Sanae Takaichi won the contest to lead ...
Export controls on TikTok's algorithm are unique but not unprecedented
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But, as Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty ...
Is craft beer's popularity going flat?
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Kimberly is joined by Marketplace’s very own Henry Epp to chat about his reporting on the “maturing” of the craft beer indust...
The 'K' in 'K-shaped economy' stands for 'kitchen'
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gap between how high-income and low-income Americans are faring in this economy is growing. One example? Fast food restaurants are struggling whil...
No jobs report? We're still on the case
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The September hiring and unemployment data won't be released today due to the ongoing government shutdown. These reports are typically among the five ...
A closed federal government means no September jobs report
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The partial government shutdown now means two of the top five most important readouts on the economy will not be released on Friday, as scheduled. It'...
Japan prepares to elect a new leader as its economic woes deepen
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday, and he or she will become the country's next...
Bytes: Week in Review - California's new sweeping AI law
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California passed a sweeping law setting up new AI safety rules this week. Meanwhile, YouTube settled a lawsuit brought by President Trump over accoun...
On track for a layoffs record
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. is on track for the largest number of announced layoffs since 2020. Yay us! (Kidding.) We can thank a combination of federal cuts and their r...
Another budget breakdown. Why are we like this?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Messy fights over funding the federal government have become all too familiar in American politics. Why are we like this? On the show today, The Broo...
First came the shutdown, next the layoffs
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Federal worker layoffs are near, according to Trump administration officials. Earlier this week, the president said he would use the government shutdo...
As the labor market cools, job scams heat up
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unemployment remains relatively low, but the labor market is slowing down. Private payroll company ADP estimates the private sector lost 32,000 jobs l...
Europe plans to build a high-tech 'drone wall'
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Some European Union countries have backed plans for the new defense system to keep out unmanned aircraft from Russia. But ...
VCs are investing in LA's defense tech startups
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So far this year, LA defense tech companies have raised $4 billion in funding — more than double last year's haul, according to Los Angeles Times te...
The data dogs are howling
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government shutdown means crucial jobs data will likely be postponed, right as the Fed weighs its next move. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee...
What a time to be making monetary policy
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Markets are having to digest a lot right now. There's the government shutdown, plus new private payroll data showing the economy lost jobs in Septembe...
How the government shutdown will affect federal workers
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The slow-moving train wreck we've been watching unfold for a week, has indeed wrecked: the government officially shutdown at midnight. Hundreds of tho...
A sunscreen scandal heats up in Australia
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Eighteen sunscreen products have been pulled from shelves in Australia because of safety concerns; testing showed they did...
Could AI ever be used safely for mental health support?
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The role of artificial intelligence in mental health care is an unsettled issue. States including Illinois, Utah, and Nevada limit or ban the use of A...
The "stuck economy," tariffs and Wall Street
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the stock market appears unconcerned about potential red flags in this economy, the bond market's a bit more cautious. As Washington nears a shu...