Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  Marketplace host Reema Khrais speaks with Jeanna Smialek at the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy at Politico about the unexpectedly strong labor market and what it means for monetary policymakers at the Federal Reserve.

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• Employment’s back to pre-pandemic levels with more than 500,000 new jobs added in July

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  There were even job gains in construction and finance, which were expected to slow down. Wages grew again too.

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• How teen mall hot spot Claire’s went from bankruptcy to IPO filing

  by Reema Khrais and Anais Amin

  

  The chain has benefited from ’90s fashion trends, a good supply chain and looking outside of malls, says Elizabeth Segran of Fast Company.

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• Business school felt like a better bet than art, but an adviser encouraged her to take the plunge

  by Reema Khrais and Sarah Leeson

  

  “I know that art is something that I’m very interested in, but I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to make money doing it,” says Devin Tormey.

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