Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with Sudeep Reddy at Politico and Heather Long at The Washington Post about this week’s jobs data and what it means for the Fed’s next interest rate decision.

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• What’s behind the drop in retail hiring in November?

  by Henry Epp

  

  Fewer workers may be needed in stores as online shopping and automation make gains. Retail jobs have fallen as a result.

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• Some Texas homes are building in blackout protection

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

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• Awaiting immigration crackdown, some homebuilders wonder who’ll build the homes

  by Amy Scott

  

  About a quarter of construction workers are immigrants. They may be vulnerable at a time when more housing is needed across the country.

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• What if the job market had a Spotify Wrapped?

  by Matt Levin

  

  We asked economists which songs embodied the American labor market in 2024.

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