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Kai Ryssdal
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Apr 18, 2023
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Episodes 931 - 940 of 5794

  • The price tag of those debt limit debates
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    The last debt limit stalemates drove up the cost of government borrowing — and that’s happening yet again. Plus, why most factories in China are short of workers.

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  • A choose-your-own-economy adventure
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    Is this economy headed toward a soft landing … or off a cliff? Depends on what data you look at. Plus, are utility companies ready for the next attack on the grid?

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  • Big banks have done well despite the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. 
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    The phrase entered policy debates in the 1980s, but the notion goes back much further. Plus, an uptick in the cost of oil tanker transit.

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  • Egg prices dropped 10% and fruits and vegetables fell 1.3% from February, according to the CPI. But overall food and beverage prices were up more than 8% from last year.
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    You take them both and you get the current state of inflation. We’ll dig into what’s up and what’s down today.

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  • How high mortgage rates impact the cost of rent
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    Add high home mortgage rates to tight housing supply and what do you get? Higher rents. Plus, a closer look at the growing popularity of electric vehicles.

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  • When “add to cart” actually costs you less
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    While prices for online goods are falling, inflation for services will likely be stickier. Plus, a growing market to help people “age in place.”

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  • A food fight in the school cafeteria
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    The Department of Agriculture is mulling new nutritional standards for school meals. Can kids, and schools, stomach the changes? Plus, unpacking employment numbers in the Weekly Wrap.

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  • A pedestrian speaks on a mobile telephone as he walks past Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. - US authorities swooped in and seized the assets of SVB, a key lender to US startups since the 1980s, after a run on deposits made it no longer tenable for the medium-sized bank to stay afloat on its own. (Photo by NOAH BERGER / AFP) (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)

    Banks appear to be pulling back on making loans. Plus, what we can learn from the track record of the secretary of labor nominee.

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  • Your tax refund may shrink this year
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    Blame it on dried-up pandemic tax credits. Plus, a tearful goodbye between neighbors marks a new (business) beginning.

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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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