Segments From This Episode

• "These are not normal times"

  The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by three-quarters of a point. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal unpacks the news from today’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

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• Between COVID and pent-up vacation demand, absent workers have businesses scrambling

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Hire more workers or do less business — the options aren’t great.

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• Ad spending slowdown hits tech and social media firms, but not equally

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  While ad revenue growth is slowing down, experts don’t see a decline coming.

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• How advertisers approached inflation in the 1970s, and how they approach it today

  by Matt Levin

  

  When inflation raged decades ago, some marketers saw it as an opportunity. Now, the money-saving pitch is more subtle.

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• Buyers and sellers are feeling a shift in the housing market

  by Savannah Peters

  

  In some markets, sellers can no longer bet on multiple offers and quick deals, and buyers can afford to be pickier.

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• For farmers, it’s not just today’s inflation that matters. It’s next year’s too.

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  “We’re wondering what this next crop year brings,” said Brian Duncan. “But farmers are price takers, and that puts us in a really tough spot.”

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