Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal talks to Kate Davidson at Bloomberg and Heather Long at the Navy Federal Credit Union about Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole, and what it might signal about future rate cuts.

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• As carmakers face tariff costs, the new model year is giving them an excuse to raise prices

  by Henry Epp

  

  And many of them are denying that the president’s import taxes are to blame.

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• Why is Chili's thriving when so many other restaurant chains are struggling?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Short answer? Viral fried cheese. Long answer: A strategy of courting Gen Z with kitschy marketing and affordable offerings.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Will data centers drive up my utility bill?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Ivan Penn of the New York Times discusses his reporting on how big tech’s AI data centers are raising electricity costs for households and small businesses.

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• Homes sales have finally started to rise — at least a little bit

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  Home sales climbed by 2% in July, according to the National Association of Realtors, but prices remain high.

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