Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal speaks with Jeanna Smialek of the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy of Politico about inflation, consumer sentiment and the U.S. economy’s impact on the rest of the world.

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• Mortgage payment on a typical home nearly doubled in last 4 years, report finds

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  According to real estate firm Zillow, the typical buyer pays $2,188 monthly — well above the 30% of median income guideline used to calculate housing affordability.

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• Bitcoin devotees are rejoicing after the latest crypto thaw

  by Matt Levin

  

  The cryptocurrency’s price is up about 40 percent this year, inching closer to its pandemic-era high of nearly $69,000 per coin, and vindicating those who held on through recent lows.

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• Biden opens doors to government jobs for military spouses

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Guidelines may aid career prospects for group that tends to be un- and underemployed. Recruitment and retention of troops may benefit too.

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• The dramatic recovery of China’s Luckin Coffee chain draws fans and skeptics

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  Luckin was punished for fabricating $300 million in sales, but now it has overtaken Starbucks’ Chinese business. What’s changed?

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