Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal speaks with The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell and The New York Times’s Ana Swanson about the consumer price index, rate hikes and consumer sentiment.

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• Banks that helped finance Musk’s Twitter purchase field low bids for debt

  by Justin Ho

  

  It’s common for banks to sell of loans to other investors. What’s unusual are the sharply lower prices those potential buyers are offering.

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• Amazon looks at cutting costs amid recession fears

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Investments in Alexa and brick-and-mortar outlets may be affected as tech giant voices concern about “the current macro-environment.”

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• When it comes to crypto, it’s buyer beware

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a new bulletin of consumer complaints about crypto.

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• When graduating into a recession actually makes you happier

  by Matt Levin

  

  Some research suggests the “scarring” experienced by young workers during a recession has a silver lining: happiness later in life.

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