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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

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Marketplace Morning Report

What causes inflation? Economists and the public disagree

Jun 12, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Georgia bets big on EVs, and Savannahians

Jun 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1179

How the rise of judicial originalism has shaped our economy

Jun 11, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Supply chain drama … again

Jun 11, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Looking at jobs on a more atomic level

Jun 11, 2024
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A big week for the Fed, probably not a big week for interest rates

Jun 10, 2024
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Jobs IRL: How Georgia makes movie makers

Jun 10, 2024
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Woah, that's a lot of jobs

Jun 7, 2024
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What to expect when you're expecting a jobs report

Jun 7, 2024
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Israel and its pre-war economy

May 31, 2024
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Potential changes in restaurant pay stir mixed reactions

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 11, 2024
In a dozen states, restaurants and worker advocates are fighting over how — and how much — tipped workers should be paid.
In states where restaurants are required to pay the full minimum wage, people generally tip less, but not by much, according to payment service provider Toast.
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National Debt

Bonds are talking to us after inflation gauge comes in above forecasts

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 10, 2024
What are they saying?
Ten-year bond yields theoretically signal the levels of interest rates years into the future.
Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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When will rates go down? The answer rests on conflicting economic data.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 4, 2024
The numbers are sending positive and negative signs, making the future of inflation, and the timing of Fed interest rate cuts, uncertain.
The numbers paint a mixed picture of the economy, so Federal Reserve officials seem to be waiting for clarity.
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It's not a great time for startups

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 3, 2024
Venture capital investments fell in the first quarter of this year. And that's after the worst year for startup funding since 2019.
Venture capital investments fell in the first quarter of this year, according to Pitchbook. And that’s after the worst year for startup funding since 2019.
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Who will pay for the Key Bridge collapse?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 2, 2024
The Baltimore disaster may become the largest marine insurance loss ever. About 100 insurance companies are reportedly involved.
Roughly 100 insurance companies are involved in the Baltimore disaster, said Nadja Dreff with Morningstar.
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Clearing the wreckage in Baltimore is a difficult and dangerous operation

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 28, 2024
Containers carrying hundreds of tons of hazardous materials were on the ship, complicating the monumental cleanup.
Giant cranes are expected to remove some of the remains of the destroyed vessel, and hazardous materials on the ship have fallen into the water, experts say.
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How colonial exploitation of Haiti set the stage for its ongoing political crisis

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 26, 2024
"Haiti is now facing the prospect of living without any traces of a recognizable state for the first time in a long time," says MIT's Malick Ghachem.
Members of the G-9 federation gang patrol streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 22.
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Why do companies go private?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Alex Schroeder and Ariana Rosas
Mar 25, 2024
There's news that department store chain Nordstrom is looking to go private, after a previous attempt failed.
Nordstrom's stock jumped 10% last week after a report said the company is looking to go private.
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Takeaways from one of the world's biggest energy summits

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Alex Schroeder and Natalie White
Mar 22, 2024
CERAWeek in Houston has shown that despite agreements to transition away fossil fuels, oil and gas are still deeply entrenched.
"The mood is very sour this year amongst the oilmen," says the Economist's Vijay Vaitheeswaran of CERAWeek.
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More mining is needed for the energy transition. It's also a threat.

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Mar 21, 2024
In his book "The War Below," Ernest Scheyder explores the tension between intrusive mining and powering our energy transition.
"Are there some places too special to mine? And if we decide to have mining, what are the standards by which we would allow mining in those places?" asks writer Ernest Scheyder.
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