Segments From This Episode

• The Fed cuts rates by a quarter-point

  by Sofia Terenzio and Kimberly Adams

  Fed Chair Powell holds a press conference today to give the latest update on interest rates. "Marketplace" host Kimberly Adams gives us the context behind the decision.

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• Nearly half of U.S. retail spending comes from top 10% of earners

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  The spending imbalance is at the highest levels it has been since Moody’s Analytics started collecting this data.

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• On Etsy, sellers are feeling the squeeze of tariffs

  by Kimberly Adams and Sofia Terenzio

  

  Chabeli Carrazana is a reporter for The 19th. She wrote about how tariffs spell big trouble for sellers on the popular online marketplace Etsy.

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• Hydropower was spared in the GOP tax bill, but licensing remains a hurdle

  by Henry Epp

  

  The hydropower sector retained access to federal tax credits in the GOP tax bill passed this summer. But the industry is confronting a once-in-a-generation problem too.

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• The Numbers

  by Kimberly Adams

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• Refinancing jumps as mortgage rates fall

  by Samantha Fields

  

  With mortgage rates below 6.5%, lots of recent buyers are deciding to refinance. But there hasn’t been a similar increase in prospective buyers entering the market.

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• Heading back to college at 50

  by Iru Ekpunobi and Sean McHenry

  

  Linda Frembes had great health care workers by her side on some really bad days. They inspired her to go back to school to become one.

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