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Jul 16, 2021

We didn’t buy more in June, but we did spend more …

While retail sales were up 0.6% in the month of June, sales in quantity terms were down — the reason is inflation. Plus, a look at the banking sector’s insistence that employees return to the office. And we’ll hear from a farm in California’s Central Valley that is battling historic drought.

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Retailers are shifting focus to match inflation-weary customers' preferences for savings over slurging.
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Segments From This Episode

The ins and outs of the retail sales rebound
Is this an illusion created by inflation? “Marketplace Morning Report” regular Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN Financial, joins us to hash it out.
Why are some large banks taking a hard line on workers returning to the office?
by Meghan McCarty Carino
Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Unlike the tech sector, the finance world is putting a big emphasis on face time.
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A California farm battles drought: “We’re out here trying to survive”
by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Courtesy of Terranova Ranch
A historic drought threatening crops in the West could send food prices higher.
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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

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We didn’t buy more in June, but we did spend more …

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Segments From This Episode

The ins and outs of the retail sales rebound

Why are some large banks taking a hard line on workers returning to the office?

A California farm battles drought: “We’re out here trying to survive”

The Team