Tariff whack-a-mole

Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kristin Schwab

  "Marketplace" host Kristin Schwab talks with Rachel Siegel at the Washington Post about today’s PCE and GDP reports, the DOJ’s dropped investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and next week’s interest rate decision.

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• Trade practice probes are latest White House effort to keep Trump's tariffs

  by Nova Safo

  

  The probes will look into issues including excess industrial capacity and whether other countries are doing enough to combat forced labor.

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• That skincare you bought online? It could be counterfeit

  by Kristin Schwab and Andie Corban

  

  Rose Maura Lorre of Wirecutter bought and tested a dozen products from third-party sellers on major e-retailers. Every single one raised red flags.

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• The Numbers

  by Kristin Schwab

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• SNAP recipients sue USDA over rules limiting what they can buy

  by Carla Javier

  

  The USDA granted more than 20 states waivers to impose new restrictions on what kinds of foods people can purchase using their benefits.

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• Federal regulators might actually make rules for prediction markets

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Manipulation is a big problem in sports betting. Prediction markets could be even worse. So far, the industry has largely been making up the rules as it goes.

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