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Kai Ryssdal
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  • Luxury beauty products have lost some of their glow
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    Wallet-conscious consumers are pulling back on makeup splurges, according to Estée Lauder sales. Plus, we’ve added many gigawatts of capacity to the U.S. electric grid since January. But is it enough?

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  • Campaign promises and what happens later
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    Are candidates’ economic promises designed to woo voters or contrast with their opponent? Plus, coal power plants are so last year and bookstores bank on summer foot traffic.

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  • Aug 15, 2024

    Just keep spending

    Just keep spending
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    If consumers keep their wallets open, we might keep the door closed to a recession. Plus, we check in with two women who were part of a semiconductor job training program.

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  • Time for the Fed to pivot?
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    Good news: Inflation is cooling. Bad news: So is the job market. Is it time for the Fed to pivot focus? Plus, food worth traveling for.

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  • Taking the temperature of small business
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    Small-business optimism increased last month — but not much. Plus, “Debt Trek” and deferred home renovations.

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  • The ol’ stock-bond balancing act
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    Don’t put all your eggs in the stocks basket, as the saying goes. Plus, the case for trains and “bifurcated” summer travel.

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  • The politics of Fed independence
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    Plus: Tribal nations stepped up when Oklahoma turned down federal food aid for kids. And theme park attendance dips.

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  • This back-to-school season, “value” is at the top of America’s shopping list
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    Also: pricing mortgage rates, why airport food is so expensive, and a projectionist remembers his reel life.

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  • Has the Fed ever met its 2 goals?
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    Also: Disney’s streaming service posts its first profit, and noise from a bitcoin mine haunts people in a rural Texas town.

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About the show

Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, our leading business news radio program and podcast is about providing context on the economic news of the day. Through stories, conversations and newsworthy developments, we help listeners understand the economic world around them. Marketplace makes sense of the economy for everyone, no econ degree or finance background required. Marketplace doesn’t just report on the numbers, we take it deeper, adding context to what’s happening in the stock market and how macroeconomic policy can affect you and your business. Monday through Friday, our team speaks with a wide range of industry professionals — from small business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs, Marketplace breaks down complex topics related to business and the economy without industry jargon and over-complicated explanations.

Kai Ryssdal has led the program since 2005 and has hosted the program from China, the Middle East and dozens of cities across the United States. As a leading public media voice, Kai has been a trusted broadcaster for two decades and received an Emmy for investigative journalism on a PBS FRONTLINE documentary about money in politics called “Big Sky, Big Money.” He has appeared often on CNN, CNBC and CBS news. His written work has been featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM) our popular business news podcasts are available worldwide on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS Feeds and any place else where you get your podcasts.

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