Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace: host Kai Ryssdal talks with Sudeep Reddy at Politico and Linette Lopez at Business Insider about how the markets are reacting to the Federal Reserves’s messaging, the economic relationship between the U.S. and China, and the potential for a government shutdown.

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• Ringing in the holiday season with consumer sentiment at a 6-month low

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The latest consumer survey from the University of Michigan shows that sentiment dropped for the fourth straight month.

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• Why are long-term bond yields so high? Even Jerome Powell wants to know

  by Justin Ho

  

  Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said that we “don’t really know” why long-term bond yields have been going up.

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• How a delayed farm bill would affect the agriculture sector

  by Savannah Peters

  

  If an extension or replacement bill isn’t passed by the new year, there could be major consequences for farmers and consumers.

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• Why is it so hard for community college students to transfer credits to 4-year institutions?

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The Department of Education says institutions need to talk to each other about how to make credits transfer.

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• For this recent grad, breaking into entertainment is all about the (comedic) timing

  by Sean McHenry

  Troy Cwynar, who graduated from Ohio State University last summer, was planning to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in animation, but decided to hold off due to film industry strikes. Now, he wants to make another go.

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