Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Kate Davidson at Bloomberg and Nela Richardson at ADP about this week’s economic data and what it means for the Fed’s fight against inflation, how consumers are currently feeling about the economy, and the state of the labor market.

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• Consumers are saving the least since 2022, despite “pretty, pretty good” economy

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Incomes are up, consumption is up too — but the personal savings rate is down to 3.4%.

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• Why is manufacturing activity up in some regions and down in others?

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  Different parts of the country make different products and often respond distinctly to economic trends.

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• In Boston, office to residential conversions gain traction, aided by subsidies

  by Simón Rios

  

  Amid widespread office vacancies, developers say creating apartments could provide housing and help stave off declining values.

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• Ex-inventory clerk ticks off memories of counting merchandise

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  Before barcodes and electronic management systems, there were inventory clerks with pens and clipboards.

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