Segments From This Episode

• Retail sales are down, but what’s really going on with consumer spending?

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  As the economy opens up, people are spending more on doing things — not on actual things.

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• The Federal Reserve's "dot plot" explained

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal explains what Federal Reserve watchers mean when they refer to the Fed’s “dot plot,” and how some use it to predict future Fed policy.

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• Truce on Airbus/Boeing subsidies lets sides focus on emerging competitor

  by Scott Tong

  

  U.S.-EU pact suspends punitive tariffs and could spur collaboration to fend off Chinese expansion in the commercial aircraft industry.

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• What lowering the Medicare eligibility age would mean for health care

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Among the many issues fighting for space on the political agenda is a Biden campaign promise to lower expand access Medicare.

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• “The balance of power is shifting”: Ritholtz on the future of work and wages

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Investor and columnist Barry Ritholtz says workers are gaining leverage in relations with management, which could lift wages.

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• U.S. cars and light trucks got a little older during the pandemic

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The average age rose by a couple months to 12.1 years. That doesn’t mean there are more clunkers on the road.

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• Why business owners are stocking up on inventory

  by Justin Ho

  

  Supply chain bottlenecks and a booming economy are pushing business owners to create a buffer — even taking out loans to do so.

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