Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Ana Swanson at the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy at Politico about Fed Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole address, a potential September rate cut and more.

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• Libraries are essential for internet access, even as national broadband projects ramp up

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  The federal government wants to bring fiber connections to every home. In the meantime, some areas will still rely on the library.

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• Mortgage rates appear poised to decline — but homebuyers aren’t rushing in

  by Matt Levin

  

  Real estate agents say buyers are showing patience, possibly hoping for a longer-term rate-cut scenario.

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• Why some car companies expected a faster switch to EVs

  by Henry Epp

  

  An unsustainable burst of early-adopter enthusiasm stoked investment. But that was followed by a changing economy.

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