Segments From This Episode

• How much have prices increased over the past year? It depends on where you live.

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Inflation’s been running hotter in areas that people have been moving into — and cooler where they’re moving out.

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• Economists are predicting a recession. Does that really mean we’ll have one?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  We take a look inside the world of economic forecasting and ask whether predictions are reliable.

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• For business owners in China, a touch-and-go reopening after zero-COVID

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  While China’s most high-profile executives express unflagging optimism on TV, for small business owners, the picture is more complicated.

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• The U.S. is trying to remake the chip supply chain, despite the glut

  by Lily Jamali

  

  American policymakers are aiming to promote U.S. chip manufacturing while protecting national security, experts say.

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• Layoffs at Hasbro may be a sign that the high-flying toy industry’s coming back down to Earth

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The pandemic helped boost toy sales by more than 30%.

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• An uphill battle to professionalize lawmaking

  State legislators are paid differently depending on where they are. Marketplace’s Savannah Maher reports from New Mexico, the only all-volunteer state legislature in the nation.

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