Segments From This Episode

• Unemployment rate hits 4.6%, a four-year high

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  The November unemployment rate in doesn’t represent a lot of people losing their jobs. It’s just that more and more people who want work are having trouble finding it.

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• In a slowing job market, health care and social assistance are still two bright spots

  by Samantha Fields

  

  But health care hiring’s good run may be coming to a close.

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• As government priorities change, a Kentucky nonprofit continues fiber internet buildout

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  President Donald Trump favors a “tech neutral” approach to broadband access — a shift from the previous administration’s prioritization of fiber internet.

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• Global advertising spending to top $1 trillion in 2025

  by Carla Javier

  

  One major growth sector is retail advertising, when a brand pays retailers like Amazon or Walmart to highlight their products to that retailer’s customers. It’s expected to grow to over $190 billion in 2026.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• For clothes and more, renting is the new thrifting

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  Apps to rent fashion, even straight from others’ closets, are booming.

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• AI is pushing young people toward the trades

  by Monica Nickelsburg

  

  Economic uncertainty and the specter of artificial intelligence have the next generation rolling up their sleeves in pursuit of a more stable job.

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