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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

How will we know when it's safe to go back to work? Workers and employers want to know.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 11, 2020
Right now, OSHA doesn’t have a blanket legal standard for protecting workers from infectious diseases.
The medical definition of what's safe has been changing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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How economists are keeping up in the fast-paced COVID-19 recession

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 23, 2020
Quarterly and monthly data, like GDP and the unemployment rate, don't really give us a picture of what is happening today.
Economists are using real-time data in the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.
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Supply chains are being pulled to the limit

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 17, 2020
Many companies are taking a hard look at their tattered supply chains.
Cranes stand idle at the Port of Los Angeles — the nation's busiest container port — as supply chains shift during COVID-19.
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Are we paying rent?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 16, 2020
Jobless claims are unprecedented. That's starting to show up in rent payment rates.
An apartment building in Brooklyn, New York on March 25.
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images
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The race for antibodies

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 13, 2020
Researchers hope that antibodies of those who have recovered from COVID-19 can be used in a treatment.
Researchers are looking into new treatments and preventions for COVID-19. Above, a researcher developing a test for the disease in February in New Jersey.
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How bad will this recession be, and how long will it last?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 30, 2020
Just because the COVID-19 recession came on incredibly quickly does not mean it will be a quick recovery.
The COVID-19 recession will likely have a slow recovery. Above, an empty 42nd Street in Manhattan on March 25.
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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COVID-19 stirs questions about medical supply chains

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 26, 2020
Dependence on global supply chains can be useful in a crisis only if countries don't set up export barriers like some are now with medical supplies.
A doctor wearing personal protective gear checks a ventilator on March 16.
Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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Despite reports, trade adviser denies plans to suspend tariffs

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 25, 2020
And if Beijing reciprocates, U.S. farmers might get a boost from rising exports to China.
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Air freight prices surging in a "perfect storm"

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 24, 2020
Loading up passenger planes with cargo is not an easy thing to do, physically or economically. But it's happening.
Air freight is directional. A lot more comes to the U.S. from China than the other way around.
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Should the Fed decide who gets bailout cash?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 20, 2020
That authority was curbed during the 2008 financial crisis. Some are arguing that power should be returned.
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
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