Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap: The recession is only over for those at the top

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks with Nela Richardson from Edward Jones and Ana Swanson from the New York Times about how people from different economic classes are experiencing the recession, what Congress’ recess means for the economy and China trade talks.

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• How are retail sales numbers higher than they were last year?

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  People are still shopping — just for different stuff.

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• Black Women's Equal Pay Day

  Black Women’s Equal Pay Day highlights the pay gap between what Black women and white men make — about 62 cents for every dollar. We hear from some experts about the “double wage gap.”

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• Businesses are taking out fewer bank loans

  by Justin Ho

  

  It could be a sign that businesses are holding back and that banks are worried about future defaults.

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• Essential workers pressured by mental health issues

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Over a fifth of essential workers have contemplated suicide, according to a CDC report.

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• As China moves to dominate the EV industry, Britain frets about energy security

  

  Amid fears that Beijing will control the world market in electric vehicle batteries, some Brits are backing an alternative: hydrogen.

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