Segments From This Episode

• Why the Fed stuck to its "moderately restrictive" monetary policy

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal explains the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates as-is, with a focus on what Fed Chair Powell says about future direction of the economy.

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• Strong second quarter GDP growth numbers are "misleading," say experts

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The economy is hot, but maybe not as hot as it looks.

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• Private employers added more than 100K new jobs in July, but are they good jobs?

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Many of the gains came in leisure and hospitality jobs.

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• A violin shop owner gives his personal pro-con list of this economic moment

  by Nicholas Guiang

  Wesley Rule runs a violin shop in Tennessee. We've checked in with him from time to time about inventory and ordering as he deals with higher prices and varying demand.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• The case for a U.S. Department of Economic Security

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  As the U.S. employs more tariffs and sanctions, former international economic security advisor Daleep Singh makes the case for economic Geneva Conventions, and a federal Department of Economic Security.

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• Crypto firms want stablecoins to be the new credit cards

  by Matt Levin

  

  The GENIUS Act has smoothed the path for stablecoin growth.

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