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Weekly Wrap: What the numbers are really telling us
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 7, 2017
Sudeep Reddy of Politico and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about what numbers we should really be focusing on to judge the economy, and the latest happenings at the Federal Reserve.
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Fed chairs and presidents: a history of rocky relationships
Mar 13, 2017
President Donald Trump and the Fed have had a bit of an up-and-down relationship even before he became president. At one point, he accused Fed Chair Janet Yellen of keeping interest rates low to help President Barack Obama. Another time, he said raising rates would be a disaster. To be fair, he has also said […]
Amazon to add 100,000 jobs as companies increasingly outsource fulfillment operations
Jan 16, 2017
Amazon has announced plans to add more than 100,000 full-time jobs over the next 18 months. The news comes as U.S. companies try to burnish their credentials as a job-creator — a priority of the incoming Trump administration. Amazon’s growth isn’t a complete surprise, however, for a company expanding into so many different product categories. […]
Clothing startups are bringing some jobs back home
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Molly Wood
Mar 22, 2016
CEOs of high-tech garment companies want to build a future using U.S. factories.
Unemployment is low — but many aren't looking anymore
Jan 8, 2016
Millions of prime-age workers have left the labor force since the recession. What are they doing, and how are they making ends meet?
Weekly Wrap: The future of the U.S. economy
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Kai Ryssdal
Nov 13, 2015
Marketplace recaps the week's business and economics news.
How the U.S. might get to wage growth
Nov 7, 2014
There's plenty of job growth. Wage growth? Not so much.