Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with Amara Omeokwe at Bloomberg and Heather Long at The Washington Post about the latest U.S. inflation numbers, progress on taming global inflation and technology stock rallies.

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• Lower-income consumers are spending less. When will the rest of the economy follow?

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  As you might expect, it’s hard to say.

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• What goes into OPEC’s decision-making?

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  The cartel wants to manipulate production to push up prices and demand.

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• Farewell, Chevy Malibu

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  GM will discontinue the once-popular mid-price family sedan in late 2024, to make way for more EV production at its plant in Kansas City.

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• What’s that smell? A teenage boy wearing luxury cologne.

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  Inspired by social media influencers, adolescents are splurging on high-end fragrances, journalist Callie Holtermann reports.

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