Manufacturing and involuntary part-time job numbers have reached pre-pandemic levels. But child care costs are still sidelining women.
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks the June jobs report, the efficacy of state inflation responses and more with Politico’s Sudeep Reddy and the Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell.
At the start of the pandemic, the number of part timers who would rather work full time spiked. Now, it’s lower than any time since 2001.
Child care is a poorly paid profession that continues to be one of the biggest expenses for parents.
Demand for manufactured goods has grown during the pandemic, but new orders have been falling in recent months.
As the White House decides the fate of the Trump-era taxes, customs broker Gretchen Blough is dealing with more uncertainty.
Sussex wineries receive a prestigious distinction, but a Kent winemaker dismisses the award as arbitrary, citing similar growing conditions.
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