Segments From This Episode

• What is Jay Powell looking for?

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal provides context to announcement of the Fed’s latest rate hike and unpacks the remarks at Jerome Powell’s press conference.

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• What corporate layoffs tell us about the economy

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Gap is the latest company to announce layoffs. Downsizing among employers reflects shifting consumer habits.

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• Germany is nationalizing its largest gas utility, Uniper

  by Lily Jamali

  

  The country’s three largest importers of Russian natural gas have received government bailouts, and similar actions may follow in Europe.

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• Biden pledges an additional $2.9 billion in aid to help fight the global food crisis

  by Samantha Fields

  

  The good news? The world’s producing enough food to feed everyone. The bad news? Getting it to hungry people is more expensive.

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• How gun dealers are skirting Biden’s new ghost gun rule

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Alain Stephens, an investigative reporter for The Trace, breaks down the market for ghost guns.

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• The Federal Reserve’s 12 districts reflect an economy that no longer exists

  by Justin Ho

  

  The locations of the regional banks made sense for the economy of 1913. Populations and industries have shifted since then.

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