Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” Host Kai Ryssdal discusses the latest economic news with Nela Richardson at ADP and Jordyn Holman at the New York Times for the Weekly Wrap.

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• Recent immigrants have filled labor gaps, boosted job creation, experts say

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  There has been a wave of migration to the U.S. — legal and not — since 2022. Many who entered are finding and keeping jobs.

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• Highways isolate urban communities nationwide. $3 billion from Washington aims to fix that.

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  The grants are an attempt to correct decisions made decades ago.

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• Import prices rose more slowly in February. That could help bring down inflation.

  by Justin Ho

  

  The Labor Department reported that the price of imported goods rose 0.3% in February compared to 0.8% the month before.

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• Record heat, drought decimate Louisiana’s beloved crawfish season

  by Matt Bloom

  

  Farmers are catching less than half of their normal haul. Restaurants are hiking prices for the tiny, lobster-like crustacean, which is threatening neighborhood traditions of gathering around a crawfish boil.

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