Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap: The worst economic week on record?

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks with Heather Long at The Washington Post about the most recent Federal Reserve meeting, the expiration of federal unemployment benefits and what might very well be the worst economic week on record.

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• As the COVID-19 lockdown took hold, savings rates spiked

  by Justin Ho

  

  Government relief has boosted some incomes, and shutdowns have made it harder to spend.

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• Why retailers price some items below cost

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Lots of industries rely on loss leaders to get you in the door while quietly raising prices on other products.

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• Why are people suddenly clicking on a 9-year-old article?

  by Andie Corban

  

  We asked Brian Ronaghan, Marketplace’s director of product, to tell us about his search into why an old interview about the Book of Revelation was spiking online.

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• U.S. and EU vaccine deals raise fears of ‘vaccine nationalism’

  by Scott Tong

  

  What does it mean for the rest of the world if countries have dibs on vaccine doses?

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• Recessions are bad for labor movements … except when they’re not

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  What the history of union movements can teach us about worker power during the pandemic.

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