Segments From This Episode

• How digital currencies work

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The Federal Reserve is thinking about a central bank digital currency for the U.S., which would be less volatile than Bitcoin.

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• An economic indicator suited to the pandemic: dress shoes

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  Dress shoe could give us a sense of how the economy is recovering.

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• Biden asks federal agencies to gauge financial risk of climate change. Many businesses are already there.

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  The federal government is likely to start by following major businesses’ lead, one analyst told us.

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• TV upfronts went virtual this year. Is that all that changed?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  The answer might depend on how much advertisers spend, and where they spend it.

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• Many businesses may keep the cash-free model they started in the pandemic

  by Benjamin Gottlieb

  

  The pandemic has accelerated the cashless trend, according to the electronic payments company Square.

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