Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell and Politico’s Sudeep Reddy on consumer sentiment, China applying for the TPP Trade Group and more of this week’s economic news.

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• Floating traffic jam at California ports sets record

  by Caroline Champlin

  

  Hundreds of thousands of freight containers wait to be offloaded at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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• What’s behind the chip shortage?

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  Shortages happen when demand is greater than supply. When it comes to computer chips, there are problems on both sides of that equation.

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• Does the Federal Reserve have the power to fight climate change?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  The central bank can “be an assist” on climate risk, says economist Claudia Sahm, but Congress sets the priorities.

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• Drive-thru coffee is extra hot

  by Matt Levin

  

  Drive-thru coffee shops are attractive to companies because they require fewer employees — especially beneficial during a worker shortage.

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