Job numbers fall short of expectations

Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal  talks to Sudeep Reddy at MSNOW and Courtenay Brown at Axios about the February jobs report and what the war with Iran means for inflation.

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• February jobs numbers worse than expected, especially in health care

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of easing unemployment, that number crept up too, to 4.4%.

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• Eli Lilly wants to make obesity drugs easier for employers to cover

  by Nova Safo

  

  GLP-1 weight loss drugs are increasingly popular as a treatment for obesity. But a lot of employer-sponsored health plans won’t cover the treatments, especially at small and medium-sized firms. 

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Social media, YouTube, and the “golden age” of meteorology

  by Samantha Fields

  

  A growing number of meteorologists are taking a non-traditional path, making a name and a living, doing the weather online.

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• Hosting trivia to help pay for the little things in life

  by Sean McHenry

  

  “When I started this job with trivia, I initially envisioned it very much as a part-time sort of side hustle,” said Andrew Anderson in Columbus, Ohio. “And now I really do think of it more as a second job.”

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