Marketplace Morning Report
Episodes
A tax-raising budget for the U.K.
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government's economic outlook response document was accidentally published a half hour early on Wednesday, before...
A tricky time to be a recent college grad
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that earning a college degree can still help you keep a job and get higher wages, but it...
Slimmed down Medicare prices for diabetes and obesity drugs
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medicare will get a 71% discount off the list price of Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. That will bring the monthly costs of those drugs down from...
Alibaba, clowd growth, and the AI frenzy
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Shares in Alibaba rose after the Chinese e-commerce company reported a 34% increase in revenue for its cloud computing div...
Retiring just on Social Security
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If not for Social Security, more than 37% of older adults would live below the official poverty line, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Pri...
Talkin' turkey (inflation)
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are the food prices for dishes on your Thanksgiving table going up, down, or staying the same? Well, it all depends on what's on the menu this year. T...
Hamas victims sue Binance
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, are being sued by victims and fam...
Can China spur consumer spending?
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. economy is often buoyed by consumer spending. In China, however, consumer spending is a much smaller part of economic output. And while the g...
What if you got to choose where your tax dollars went?
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Americans don’t often have a direct say in how their tax dollars get spent; those decisions are generally left to elected officials. But some places...
G20 conference wraps up in South Africa
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: A gathering in South Africa of major economies has ended with a joint declaration committing to "multilateral cooperation....
The White House wants more offshore drilling
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration has unveiled plans for a huge expansion of offshore oil drilling. Federal law requires the Interior Department to come up wit...
How ICE raids are disrupting D.C.'s economy
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After months of ICE raids on the nation’s capital, some construction workers are afraid to go into Washington, D.C. for work, fearing arrest and dep...
Japan borrows heavily to stimulate its economy
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Japan's cabinet has approved a stimulus package worth more than $130 billion. It's the first major policy initiative of th...
Finally, clues about the job market
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a month and a half delay due to the government shutdown, we are finally getting some official economic data. It is old (from September), but it'...
AI to the rescue (for now)
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nvidia reported earnings yesterday after markets closed, and it did not disappoint. Nvidia makes 90% of all chips used in AI. Tech stocks, including N...
Will AI bubble fears persist?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Wall Street was cheered last night by better-than-expected results from the chip giant Nvidia. But the AI boom continues t...
Why are retailers hiring fewer seasonal workers?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a word: uncertainty. Retail chains like Target are pulling back on hiring temporary workers ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season as tarif...
Shock, frustration for those losing ACA subsidies
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some 24 million people buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. But subsidies and tax credits that have made these plans more...
US issues apology for Hyundai immigration raid
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The chief executive of the South Korean firm Hyundai said that the White House phoned him personally to apologize for an i...
Aid for farmers, but not from tariffs
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is starting a second round of aid — about $16 billion — for farmers affected by natural disasters. The aid is a...
Do city-owned grocery stores work?
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani swept the election on a campaign all about affordability. One pillar of that platform was the idea of city-ow...
Google's CEO on the AI boom and potential bubble
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The artificial intelligence revolution is firmly underway, with tech giants investing billions in research and battling to...
Checking in with American exporters and Chinese buyers
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in South Korea late last month, some tariffs have been suspended or lowered, and China ...
What happens when the government finally does the numbers
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow's when we’re supposed to learn more about how imports and exports have been faring from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, though the 43-day g...
Brazilian soy farmers want Amazon restrictions to be lifted
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: As COP30 in Brazil enters its second week, one of the key agreements protecting the Amazon rainforest is under threat from...
Does the Fed now have a "dueling mandate"?
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even though we haven’t gotten recent economic data because of the government shutdown, there’s still plenty of speculation that the next Fed meeti...
How optimistic are small business owners in this economy?
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How optimistic are small business owners nowadays? According to a recent survey, the picture is downbeat — many owners have been dealing with tariff...
U.S. to ease tariffs on coffee and bananas
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Donald Trump is set to cut import taxes on products like coffee, bananas, and beef as part of trade agreements with four L...
What else is in the legislation to reopen the government? A lot.
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The longest government shutdown ever ended last night when President Donald Trump signed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies going through Jan. 30...
Fixing the hemp loophole
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By now, you know that the House passed legislation last night to reopen the government. But you might not know about a provision that would completely...
As U.S. tariffs bite, India gives credit lifeline to exporters
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: India’s government has approved a $5 billion credit line to support its struggling exporters, as Indian workers across s...
Would 50-year mortgages make it easier to buy a home?
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte have floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage as a potential way to make h...
Even if the government reopens, what about all that economic data?
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 43 days, the government shutdown could end today. But there are still lingering questions: When will food stamps be distributed to beneficiaries...
Australia's spy chief warns of foreign hacker threat
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Australia is increasingly vulnerable to "high-impact sabotage" from hackers backed by China, according to Australian intel...
Tariffs to hit a dinner table favorite: Italian pasta
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is moving to levy tariffs of over 90% on popular Italian pasta brands on “anti-dumping” grounds. We look at how the move ...
'Cryptoqueen' facing jail after huge bitcoin seizure
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: A Chinese woman will be sentenced in London later for her role in a Bitcoin scam worth billions of dollars. Qian Zhimin wa...
No shutdown relief for air travel yet
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Senate passed a deal last night to end the record-setting government shutdown. But that hasn’t yet translated into relief for the beleaguered ai...
What's with the quiet over commercial real estate lending?
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commercial real estate has been struggling in the years since the pandemic. Office attendance has risen, though not as much in smaller cities. And whi...
A potential end to the government shutdown
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s movement in Washington toward ending the government shutdown. The Senate held a procedural vote yesterday. Seven Democrats and one independe...
China eases export controls
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: China has lifted export controls on computer chips that are vital to car production, marking an easing of trade tensions b...
Gotta catch 'em all (as an investment)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The value of Pokémon cards soared during the pandemic, and some have climbed in value nearly 4,000% over the past two decades. For some, Pokémon car...
Welcome to Day One of flight-mageddon
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starting today, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to reduce flights at 40 airports because of the strain that air traffic cont...
U.S. media giant zooms in on iconic British TV company
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service:
When an AI data center moves in next door
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elyria-Swansea, a largely Latino neighborhood in Denver, has plenty of industrial sources for air pollution: a dog food factory, an oil refinery, a hi...
Skepticism and a civics lesson from SCOTUS
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, Supreme Court justices heard arguments and asked questions about whether an emergency powers law could be used by a president to overhaul i...
World leaders arrive in Brazil ahead of COP30
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: The summit is part of an effort to show that the climate crisis remains a top priority, although some big names won't be i...
The rise of the private asset
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The London Stock Exchange has launched a series of indexes to track private investment funds. "Private investment" is a phrase we've been hearing a lo...
Trump's tariffs get their day in court
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can use emergency powers to levy tariffs. The law in question doesn...
Shein opens a storefront in Paris amid investigation
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Shein is making headlines for more than its new brick-and-mortar store in Paris’s famed BHV department store. But the la...
Why pay $50 billion for the headache known as Tylenol?
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly-Clark’s stock closed down 14% yesterday after it gambled nearly $50 billion on a company called Kenvue, maker of Listerine, Band-Aids, and ...
How shifting tariff policy hits one Pennsylvania business
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oral arguments over the Trump administration's "reciprocal tariffs" are set for tomorrow, in a test over limits to a president's power to act without ...
Starbucks stirs things up in China
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Starbucks is selling the majority stake of its business in China to investment firm Boyu Capital as part of a $4 billion d...
Are Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs legal or not?
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
That's the question before the Supreme Court this week. President Donald Trump has been declaring an emergency and then using emergency authority to i...
What hunger looks like in one state as SNAP starts to dry up
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This past weekend, as the shutdown stretches on, funds for SNAP benefits began to dry up. The Treasury Secretary says payments could restart this week...
Stocks rise on heels of U.S.-China trade deal
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Markets in Asia rose in reaction to the outcome of the APEC meetings in South Korea as the U.S. and China stepped back fro...
Business leaders to Congress: End the shutdown
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government shutdown has now lasted a full month. Now, some business leaders — including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, ...
Clues about where inflation might be headed
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure, was supposed to be released today. But at day 31 ...
With Trump back in D.C., business talks in South Korea continue
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the BBC World Service: Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders attending the APEC summit in South Korea of the need to deepen economic cooperat...