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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

Episodes by Sabri (609)

Marketplace Morning Report

Why the global supply chain cracked under COVID

Jun 14, 2024
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The financial war between Israel and the Palestinians

Jun 14, 2024
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Smaller races are drawing big campaign bucks

Jun 13, 2024
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The disappearance — and reimagination — of the gay bar

Jun 13, 2024
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What causes inflation? Economists and the public disagree

Jun 12, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Georgia bets big on EVs, and Savannahians

Jun 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1179

How the rise of judicial originalism has shaped our economy

Jun 11, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Supply chain drama … again

Jun 11, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Looking at jobs on a more atomic level

Jun 11, 2024
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A big week for the Fed, probably not a big week for interest rates

Jun 10, 2024
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The scariest part of Halloween: supply chains

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 2, 2023
Consumers may spend a record $12.2 billion this year — that's the treat. But sellers may need tricks to bring their goods to market.
Analysts expect monster Halloween sales this year.
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All those pandemic savings? They might already be gone

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 28, 2023
People in the U.S. saved an estimated $2.1 trillion at one point in the pandemic. By some estimates, that money's pretty much gone.
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A Warmer World

A plan for alleviating poverty and climate change

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Sep 22, 2023
The two challenges are interrelated, and a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute says they must be addressed in tandem.
It'll take investment equal to about 8% of global GDP annually to close both the economic empowerment gap and the net-zero transition gap, according to the McKinsey Global Institute,
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Settling the Bill

When — and how much — should I be tipping these days?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson and Alex Schroeder
Sep 20, 2023
Expectations around tipping have changed in the last several years. Here's what to know.
Maybe the standard 15% or 20% tip on table service hasn't really changed, but what about takeout, delivery and the rest of it?
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Settling the Bill

The tipped minimum wage has origins in slavery

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Sep 19, 2023
And that legacy means a worker can be paid as little as $2.13 an hour at the federal level.
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The economy apparently shrank and grew at the same time

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 15, 2023
Depending on how you measure it, the economy either grew or shrank, according to BEA statistics.
Gross domestic product, or GDP, and gross domestic income, or GDI, are different ways to measure the economy.
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A lot goes into pricing a stock IPO

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 14, 2023
And that's before the shares even get to the P in the acronym: the public. First there's the "roadshow," later, hopefully, the "pop."
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Let's ask our crystal ball: Where will inflation be in 6 months?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 13, 2023
While inflation for goods may be back to pre-pandemic levels then, higher inflation for services could stick around.
With "good weather and the continuing availability of food," food inflation could trickle lower in six months, says Jake Hanley of investment firm Teucrium ETFs.
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Census: Income fell, poverty increased in 2022

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 12, 2023
The expiration of pandemic-era government benefits is partially responsible for the increases in poverty.
Above, a food pantry, in Queens, New York. With pandemic-era benefits ending, post-tax real incomes fell 14% for the lowest earners in the U.S. in 2022.
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Is climate change pushing more investors to ESG funds?

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Sep 5, 2023
Rich Nuzum of Mercer says ESG funds reflect concern for the planet, but this year they’ve underperformed the overall stock market.
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