Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post and Linette Lopez of Business Insider about a recent consumer sentiment slump, inflation and the state of the economic recovery.

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• Retail sales were flat in April, falling short of estimates

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  But considering what we’re comparing them to — the stimulus-fueled month of March — that’s not so bad.

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• New mask guidance means huge headaches for retail shops, workers

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Individual businesses and local governments can still set their own rules for whether masks are required.

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• Relief payments boosted Americans’ bank balances. Here’s how.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  People with the lowest incomes spent theirs on necessities. The better-off spent on home improvements and vacations.

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• Will Biden’s plan for global tax reform hurt his beloved Ireland?

  

  President Biden’s proposal for a minimum global corporate tax rate is causing consternation in his ancestral home.

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• This northern Michigan retailer is banking on a summer with lots of foot traffic

  by Sean McHenry

  

  Annie Lang Hartman, owner of Compass Paper Co., is preparing for a busy post-pandemic season.

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