Segments From This Episode

• Consumer credit is up almost 7% since this time last year

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Credit card balances alone were up 15% in the third quarter. Higher prices for necessities and higher interest rates are contributing factors.

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• Consumers turn to cheaper packaged foods — even at higher new prices — for inflation relief

  by Justin Ho

  

  Food companies say they’re dealing with inflation themselves.

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• A Seattle ‘candle bar’ sees its first holiday shopping season

  by Sean McHenry

  

  Originally started in her kitchen during the pandemic, candlemaker Colina Bruce talks about moving her business into a brick-and-mortar store and how things are shaping up through the holidays.

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• Report: Greener fuels are best path to cutting carbon out of air travel

  by Samantha Fields

  

  But so far, sustainable aviation fuels are expensive and not widely available.

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• Fine art: a playground for the superrich

  by Kai Ryssdal

  

  Since the blockbuster auction of Paul Allen’s collection, the art market might be losing some of the wind in its sails.

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• A wedding, a fight and a trip to small claims court

  Zinzile Sibanda was initially super excited to be her best friend’s bridesmaid. But by the time the big day arrived, she wanted nothing to do with it. Reema Khrais explores this story in Marketplace’s “This Is Uncomfortable.”

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