Segments From This Episode

• Jobs surveys track the labor market differently

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts together the monthly jobs report from two separate surveys that track the job market differently. The Establishment or Payroll Survey counts jobs and wages as reported by 147,000 sample employers. The Household Survey counts people who are employed, unemployed or not in the labor force as reported in phone questionnaires […]

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• Do filmmakers still go to the movies? Sometimes.

  by Kai Ryssdal

  

  A group of film industry heavyweights discuss the state of the movie business.

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• Amazon encroaches on UPS and Fedex territory with deliveries for third party sellers

  by Aaron Schrank

  Amazon announced this week a new service on the West Coast which could encroach on territory currently held by the likes of UPS and Fedex. The online retail giant said it’s going to be overseeing deliveries for third party sellers. It will still use UPS and Fedex, but it might also choose to use its […]

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• Could Puerto Rico’s devastated power grid be rebuilt using solar energy instead?

  by Adriene Hill

  It’s been weeks now since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, and still a vast majority of the island, nearly 90 percent, doesn’t have power. Elon Musk, on Twitter, suggested his solar power technology could be scaled up to rebuild the entire power grid, and the governor of the island, Ricardo Rossello, tweeted back “Let’s talk.”  […]

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• The latest jobs report reveals hurricanes Harvey, Irma’s economic costs

  by Kai Ryssdal

  

  Nela Richardson of Redfin and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news.

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