Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  The New York Times’ Jeanna Smialek and The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell chat with Kai Ryssdal about next week’s Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, the bond market, and more.

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• Parking headaches make a comeback

  by Matt Levin

  

  Traffic is back to pre-pandemic levels in many places, but there are a lot of tables for two where parking spaces used to be.

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• Back-to-school spending is hard to predict this year

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  This time of year is always a big moment in retail. But there’s a lot going on that makes this back-to-school season different.

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• Businesses are re-opening at a frenetic pace, Yelp finds — especially where vaccination rates are higher

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Where there are lower vaccination rates, there’s less consumer interest.

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• Chocolate shop has plenty of business but not enough staff

  by Sean McHenry

  

  Dean’s Sweets in Portland, Maine, has had “crazy growth,” but it’s competing with other local businesses for employees.

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• As wildfires intensify in the West, scientists look at how they spread

  by Jes Burns

  

  On a farm in Oregon, they try to figure out what kinds of trees and shrubs produce the most flying embers.

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