Marketplace®
Every story is an economic story

PODCAST: Lend me your art

The Fed reacts to oil prices, the wealth gap for minorities, and the British Museum lends to Russia.

How the falling price of oil and its effects on the economy might factor into the deliberations of the Federal Reserve this week. And while the economic scars of the recession largely started to heal by 2013 for white Americans, minority Americans are still feeling an acute decline in wealth, according to Federal Reserve data that was crunched by the Pew Research Center. We dig into one of the reasons why: Housing. Plus, while western sanctions bite more deeply into the Russian economy, and there’s talk of a new Cold War, the British Museum has stunned the world with an extraordinary gesture.  It’s lent a priceless Greek antiquity to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. But why lend to the Russians? 

Related Topics

Collections:

Latest Episodes

View All Shows
  • Marketplace Morning Report
    5 hours ago
    6:23
  • Marketplace Tech
    11 hours ago
    11:06
  • Marketplace
    a day ago
    25:22
  • Million Bazillion
    a day ago
    27:55
  • This Is Uncomfortable
    6 days ago
    27:11
  • Make Me Smart
    4 months ago
    24:33