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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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Wave of bankruptcies may swamp courts

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 29, 2020
If a surge in bankruptcies continues, will bankruptcy courts be able to cope?
A sign leading to U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York City.
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COVID-19

Major airline CEOs to arrive at White House Friday for meeting on COVID-19 issues

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Scott Tong and Alex Schroeder
Jun 26, 2020
On the agenda: concerns around checking passengers' temperatures and contact tracing.
The numbers show that only about half a million Americans are flying every day. That’s one-fifth the normal amount for the early summer.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end the Affordable Care Act

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jun 26, 2020
About 500,000 people signed up for Obamacare coverage after COVID-19-related job losses.
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COVID-19 pushes business bankruptcies higher in an already tough year

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 19, 2020
The government support provided at the beginning of the pandemic was meant to be temporary, but companies are still suffering.
A "Store Closing" sign on a Pier 1 in Chicago.
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U.S. walks out on global digital tax negotiations

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 18, 2020
The move escalates a trade dispute over how much tech companies can be taxed outside their home countries.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sent a letter to to several finance ministers in Europe asking for a pause in negotiations about a digital tax.
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U.S. criticizes WTO for big disparities in tariffs

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 17, 2020
The Trump administration is denouncing the fact that the tax levels vary greatly between members of the global trade body.
An East China Sea container ship in the Port of Oakland in 2018. China's economy has grown 900% since 2001, causing a tariff imbalance.
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COVID-19

Retail sales were way up in May. But don't pop the Champagne just yet.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 16, 2020
March and April's weak numbers were easy to beat. Upcoming changes, such as the end of unemployment bonus payments, may stall the upward trend.
A reopened clothing store in Los Angeles. U.S. retail sales climbed at a record rate in May.
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COVID-19

As internships move online, will opportunities follow?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 15, 2020
If internships can be done from anywhere, the pipeline for future talent may be getting more inclusive.
Companies have shifted during the coronavirus pandemic to allow their interns to work remotely.
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Who gets to decide if we are in a recession?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 9, 2020
We have to take the word of economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research, who have been making that call for a hundred years.
A man wears a face mask as he check his phone in Times Square on March 22, 2020 in New York City. - Coronavirus deaths soared across the United States and Europe on despite heightened restrictions as hospitals scrambled to find ventilators. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Are we almost through the worst of the COVID-19 economic decline?

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Jun 8, 2020
The National Association for Business Economics predicts our economy could be growing once again by the third quarter.
Overhanging any forecast is the risk that a second wave of the coronavirus could threaten the economy once again.
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