Segments From This Episode

• Another day, another rate hike

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal provides context for today’s decision by the Federal Reserve to increase its key interest rate a quarter-point.

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• Stress tests aim to reveal banks’ weaknesses. More banks will probably have to run them.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  But the probes can’t uncover every problem before trouble erupts.

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• The job market is hot. But who’s hiring?

  by Samantha Fields

  

  The sectors hit hardest during the pandemic, including hospitality and retail, are coming back.

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• Reverse stock splits explained through a battle against bankruptcy

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking a reverse split, a sign that a company is not confident that its stock will rise on its own, one expert says.

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• Moderna will charge around $130 for its COVID vaccine — and Congress isn’t too happy

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  But the pharma company promised that individuals won’t pay the full amount.

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• The clock’s striking midnight on some federal pandemic relief loans for small businesses

  by Justin Ho

  

  Businesses that received some federal pandemic loans could defer paying for two years, meaning most are coming due this year.

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• The lessons that bank runs teach

  We hear from Christina Stembel, CEO of Farmgirl Flowers, about how she’s thinking about banking in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

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