Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks to ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson and the New York Times’ Ana Swanson about the August jobs report, the soft landing(ish) and what it could mean for the future of monetary policy.

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• Black workers could suffer more in employment slowdown

  by Matt Levin

  

  “The Black workforce is the canary in the coal mine,” said Howard University’s Bill Spriggs. “They’re already suffering.”

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• High inflation looks different, hits harder, in rural America

  by Savannah Peters

  

  Rising costs and slower-growing incomes cut small town households’ discretionary income by 38% in the last year, pressuring a way of life.

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• More people looked for jobs in August, easing labor market pressures

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  But the share of the population in the job market is still about a percentage point below the level of February 2020.

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• Musicians union challenges Spotify to raise royalties

  by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

  

  Streaming accounts for the vast majority of recorded music income, but musicians and producers make fractions of a cent per stream.

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