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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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Latest Stories (617)

COVID-19

Stimulus without debt?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 18, 2020
If policymakers are too preoccupied with debt to provide the country the stimulus it needs, some economists say: Do it without debt.
Can the government just print more money to stimulate the economy?
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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What's changed at the U.S.-Mexico border because of COVID-19?

by Andy Uhler and Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 12, 2020
People are continuing to go to work and take public transportation at the border.
A man sits on a fountain just across the street from the border crossing in Brownsville, Texas, on June 29, 2019.
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What if the economy needs more than the Fed can give it?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 3, 2020
The U.S. government may need to spend its way out of a coronavirus-induced slowdown.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced an interest rate cut of half a percentage point Tuesday.
Scott Olson/Getty Images
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COVID-19: What travel insurance will and won't cover

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 3, 2020
Viral outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics are not typically listed in a travel insurance policy.
Passengers from a flight from South Korea wear protective face masks upon landing at Mexico City's international airport, on Feb. 28, 2020 as COVID-19 spreads worldwide.
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Bond yields hit a record low

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 28, 2020
Why are investors settling for such small returns? U.S. Treasurys are about the safest place to put your money.
A trader reacts during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday as markets continue to drop from COVID-19 uncertainty.
Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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What is a market "correction"?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 27, 2020
Most people define it as a fall of 10% or more from a high.
One professor recommends trying to stay calm while the market corrects.
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Brits sniff at chlorinated American chicken

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 26, 2020
The problem with chlorinated chicken is actually not the chlorine at all — it’s what the chlorine represents.
U.S. chicken practices could stand in the way of a U.S.-UK free trade deal.
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U.S. manufacturers are adjusting supply chains due to coronavirus

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Feb 11, 2020
As factories in China idle, American companies scramble to find alternate suppliers.
One of the millions of people who returned to work in China this week after the extended Lunar New Year holiday, which was meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Many businesses remain closed, however.
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Middle-aged Americans worried about health care costs are less likely to seek care

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Feb 10, 2020
A quarter of adults in their 50s and early 60s worry about paying for health insurance.
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Uber says it'll become profitable this year

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 7, 2020
Its food delivery service, Uber Eats, is very much part of the plan.
Rick Kern/Getty Images for Uber Eats
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