Marketplace Stories

The price of first-class stamps has risen 42% since 2020. Counterfeit stamps complicate that calculation.

“We wake up every morning about 5 o'clock and start worrying,” said Vance Ehmke. He runs Ehmke Seed with his wife, Louise Ehmke, in Healy, Kansas.

Smaller homes designed around spaces for gathering and forging social connections mean more for our well-being, says Mike Coren of The Washington Post.

Food prices in December were up 2.4% for the year — and if you go back five years, they’re up about 25%, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The two airlines share a rare characteristic for ultra-low-cost carriers: They’re profitable.

According to a new study by Bankrate, 61% of people with credit card debt have been holding it for at least a year — up from 53% in late 2024.

Wendy Edelberg at the Brookings Institution tells Kai why bond markets haven't reacted to the Department of Justice investigating the Fed Chair.

“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spoke to Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, about what the investigation might mean for the future of the Fed and monetary policy.

Here’s how small businesses are looking at the two prongs of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate — keeping prices stable and employment steady — after news of the DOJ probe.

Just because the president wants lower interest rates doesn’t necessarily mean it would be good for the economy — or mortgages — right now.