Nov 20, 2020

Why the Treasury wants its money back

On today's show: what the Fed was using that money for during the pandemic. Plus, home births are on the rise during COVID-19.

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COVID-19

What's next for Main Street, Wall Street as Fed lending programs are set to expire

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Nov 20, 2020

Fed programs and policy have helped ease economic pain during the pandemic. In its dwindling days, the Trump administration will end some of those emergency programs Dec. 31.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin greet each other after testifying before Congress in June.

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The Weekly Wrap: The drama between the Treasury and the Fed

“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with Business Insider’s Linette Lopez and the New York Times’ Jeanna Smialek about the relationship between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury, and how it’s affecting coronavirus relief.

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COVID-19

California adopts emergency workplace safety rules for COVID-19

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Nov 20, 2020

OSHA has declined to create national rules during the pandemic.

A security guard checks a customer's temperature outside a retail store. Efforts to prevent virus transmission in the workplace are gaining steam.

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How Delta is avoiding Trump's import tariffs

by Kai Ryssdal and Rose Conlon

Nov 20, 2020

In a clever workaround, the airline has reportedly sent Airbus planes overseas before bringing them to the U.S.

Air travel is expected to approach pre-pandemic levels this holiday season.

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COVID-19

With COVID-19 hitting hospitals hard, home births are on the rise

by Jasmine Garsd

Nov 20, 2020

One reason some mothers choose at-home birth is they don’t feel they will be heard or taken care of in a hospital setting.

Home births were the norm at the turn of the previous century, and so were midwives, said historian and nurse midwife Michelle Drew.

Courtesy Michelle Drew

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Music from the episode

Headlines (feat. Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny) DJ Premier, Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny The Butcher

Cirrus Bonobo

Music Save Me (One More Time) Mocky

To be Remote TOKiMONSTA

Habits (Stay High) Tove Lo

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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