Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Ana Swanson of the New York Times and Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post about trade, tariffs, inflation and more.

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• Here’s why federal layoffs won’t show up in the data right away

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Workers are surveyed during reference week, the seven days that include the 12th day of the month. February’s reference week happened before a lot of the federal cuts.

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• After the fires, will behind-the-scenes film and TV workers also leave LA?

  by Matt Levin

  

  The roughly 13,000 homes lost in January’s wildfires will only make Los Angeles less affordable for below-the-line workers, Paul Audley of FilmLA fears.

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• Utilities took a bigger bite out of consumer spending in January

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Cold weather and higher natural gas prices raised household costs, particularly stressing the budgets of lower-income families.

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• Can frozen be just as good as fresh?

  by Kai Ryssdal, Andie Corban and Sofia Terenzio

  

  Journalist Meghan McCarron, along with elite chefs, has come to appreciate the new, better-tasting options as well as the convenience.

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