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Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.

Latest from Kai Ryssdal

  • Aug 21, 2007

    So where do things go from here?

    Now that the Federal Reserve has stepped in to calm credit-crunch fears, we figured it was time to assess where the markets and the economy might be headed. Kai Ryssdal talked with Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James.

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  • Aug 18, 2007

    Week on Wall Street

    Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson talks with host Kai Ryssdal about the markets' nervous reactions to the liquidity shortage.

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  • Aug 17, 2007

    Hip-hop’s cash kings

    You probably won't find Shawn Carter or Curtis Jackson on any list of Who's Who in American Business. But they're on top of the new Forbes magazine list of hip-hop's cash kings. Forbes' Lea Goldman is on the beat.

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  • Aug 17, 2007

    Even a safe bet is harder to find

    Worries about the usually safe investment in "commercial paper" — short-term bonds companies float to run their operations — are trickling through the markets. Moody's chief economist John Lonski explains.

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  • Aug 15, 2007

    Amid ‘panic,’ what’s a portfolio worth?

    Another investment group said today it won't let investors redeem shares until it figures out exactly what the price on those shares should be. Steven Miller of Standard & Poors explains why the value is now hard to determine.

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  • Aug 14, 2007

    Mortgage-backed securities 101

    Mortgage-backed securities seem to be at the root of the markets' problems these days. So what exactly are they? Kai Ryssdal turns to portfolio manager Mike Hatley to help us all understand.

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  • Aug 10, 2007

    Bush not pumped about gas tax

    At a news conference, President Bush made it clear what he thinks of a higher gas tax to fix the nation's infrastructure. He also fielded a larger-than-usual array of questions about the state of the U.S. economy.

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  • Aug 9, 2007

    Putting a price on a record-breaking ball

    How much is Barry Bonds' record-breaking home-run ball worth? We called around to some sports memorabilia folks to find out.

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  • Aug 9, 2007

    What’s Murdoch got a jones for now?

    After all the hullabaloo over Rupert Murdoch's purchase of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal, we got to wondering what's next for the media mogul. Kai Ryssdal talked with Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten.

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  • Aug 8, 2007

    This credit crunch, too, shall pass . . .

    The Fed made no mention of doing anything about the shakiness in the economy. Greg McBride from Bankrate.com spoke with Kai Ryssdal about the Fed's statement.

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