Segments From This Episode

• The new COVID relief package expands who qualifies for relief checks

  Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.

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• December consumer confidence is down, but fingers crossed for the months to come

  “If you think about consumer confidence next month, what will we have? We’ll have stimulus checks having gone out, most likely, and we’ll also have a growing number of people having been vaccinated against COVID,” said Drew Matus, chief market strategist for MetLife Investment Management. “And you have to imagine the people being vaccinated against COVID are going to be a little more optimistic.”

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• Shipping delays cause problems for small retailers

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  We’re expecting record online sales this holiday season, and shippers are having a hard time keeping up.

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