Segments From This Episode

• GDP dips by 0.9% in second quarter, but consumers are still spending

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  While consumers cut back on goods spending, spending on services jumped.

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• Painting the big economic picture

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, about what the GDP doesn’t capture about the economy and why that matters.

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• Senate climate bill includes incentives for new and used EVs

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Demand for clean vehicles is strong in the U.S., but manufacturers are still hampered by supply chain issues.

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• New technology helped restaurants through the pandemic. But when it crashes, they’re “shafted.”

  by Justin Ho

  

  Demand for modern point of sale systems exploded as businesses embraced contactless payment. But some have found reliability problems.

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• Most workers who switched jobs earned more, Pew study finds

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Even when adjusted for inflation, 60% percent of workers who changed jobs earned more in their new roles.  

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• When we expect big things from tech, the economy does better, according to new research

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  There’s a link between anticipating future technology and spending decisions in the present, says macroeconomics professor Cristoph Görtz.

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