Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap: About that jobs report

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal speaks with Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, and Heather Long, economics reporter at the Washington Post, about the why the April jobs report missed the mark and what it might say about the state of the recovery.

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• What’s it going to take to juice U.S. job growth?

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The pandemic’s still weighing down the economy, despite some encouraging signs.

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• Federal Reserve points to risks in the current economy

  by Justin Ho

  

  Soaring asset prices, as in the stock market, and risky bets by financial firms could be vulnerabilities.

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• United States of Work: Rocio Montano

  On this segment of our ongoing series “United States of Work,” we hear from construction worker Rocio Montano about how she’s using extra time and money saved during the pandemic to further her education.

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• Restaurants in Texas are finding it hard to attract staff

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Restaurants across the state are in fierce competition for workers — most of whom, post-COVID-19, want safer and better-paying jobs.

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• An hour from the nation’s capital, a different infrastructure debate

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  In a rural community within 40 miles of Washington, dozens of families live without potable running water.

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