Segments From This Episode

• Highlights from the Fed's press conference

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal looks at the highlights from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference following the Fed’s policy-setting meeting.

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• Small businesses see wage pressure easing

  by Justin Ho

  

  While the labor market is still tight, some owners aren’t feeling like they need to hike pay as much as they did earlier in the pandemic.

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• In the barge business, this year has been “consistent, predictable and profitable”

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  

  At Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, volume and demand are stable, but rising prices continue to pose a challenge.

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• Chip factory growth boughs to native plants in Phoenix

  by Maria Hollenhorst, Kai Ryssdal and Heather Long

  

  Here’s the story of one business at the intersection of conservation and growth amid Phoenix’s semiconductor boom.

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