Consumers are relying more on credit cards. Also, melting ice in Greenland, a day care center that saved itself, and the Weekly Wrap.
“Marketplace” host Kimberly Adams talks to Jordyn Holman of The New York Times and Sudeep Reddy of Politico about the holiday retail outlook and the potential railroad workers strike.
Their debt levels are rising as the holiday shopping season ramps up. It helps that unemployment is low.
Reports on inflation, consumer confidence and jobs will be consequential. We asked economists to point out the most important items.
As icebergs melt, fishing with sled dogs on sturdy winter glaciers is no longer safe. But the retreating ice also means bigger catches of fish.
The worker-owned co-op shut down in the spring due to staffing shortages. It reopened by raising wages and tuition.