Segments From This Episode

• Manufacturing sector shows more signs of cooling

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Monthly data from the Federal Reserve shows a slowdown in shipments, new orders and employment in the sector.

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• What to expect when you're expecting GDP figures

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal explains what to look out for in the fourth-quarter GDP figures to be released on Thursday.

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• Surging demand for copper means its price is rising too

  by Lily Jamali

  

  The metal is crucial renewable energy technology and the transition away from fossil fuels.

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• Commercial lending is a mixed bag across the country, bankers say

  by Justin Ho

  

  In Southern California and South Carolina, businesses are looking for loans. But in the Midwest, owners are hesitant to borrow.

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• Data meets anec-data

  Gretchen Blough of Logistics Plus in Eerie, Pennsylvania, gives an update on the shipping and freight business.

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• Defense Department awards Howard University first-of-its-kind research contract

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  HBCUs like Howard often lost out on research grants due to systematic underfunding. Now there’s a push to fund more research at HBCUs.

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• What does the future of the streaming economy look like?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

  

  “This battle that the big streamers are undertaking … it could turn into a bloody battle, and there could be victims of it,” said NYU professor Luis Cabral.

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