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Dec 14, 2020

If not one coronavirus relief bill, maybe two?

The latest strategy from lawmakers? Split coronavirus relief into two separate packages. Plus, retailers are running out of room for all of those returns we’re making this year. And, calls for the Biden administration to cancel at least some student loan debt.

If not one coronavirus relief bill, maybe two? — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Segments From This Episode

Bipartisan group of lawmakers expected to roll out new coronavirus relief package split into two bills
Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.
Retailers have to figure out how to handle all our online returns
by Andy Uhler
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
One challenge for those managing “reverse logistics”? Not enough room to store everything we want to send back, one study says.
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Momentum builds for Biden to cancel student loan debt
by Sabri Ben-Achour, Chris Farrell and Meredith Garretson Morbey
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell thinks it’s become a matter of when and how much debt will be canceled.
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The Team

David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director