Retail sales were flat in April as the impact of relief payments waned - Closing Bell - Marketplace Minute - May 14, 2021

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Consumers spent more at restaurants and bars, but less buying clothes and furniture; April industrial production rose 0.7%; global chip shortage to cost automakers $110 billion in revenues, report says

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Biden says gasoline supplies should begin returning to normal this weekend; Fisker and Foxconn reach deal to make electric vehicles in U.S.; markets rebound on the Federal Reserve’s assurances over inflation

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The CDC says vaccinated people can take off their masks; the House Speaker says companies should resist hackers’ demands; Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin

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Initial state unemployment claims totaled 473,000 last week; wholesale prices rise 0.6% in April; JPMorgan Chase, other banks, to offer credit without credit scores; McDonald’s raising pay at some stores to at least $11 an hour

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The vast gasoline pipeline will take days to return to normal deliveries; Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin as payment; FAA OKs fix for Boeing 737 Max planes’ electrical problem

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Stocks fall sharply; transportation costs lead inflation hike; national average gas prices top $3 per gallon - May 12, 2021

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The consumer price index rose 0.8% between March and April; Republican governors in eight states cut off federal pandemic unemployment aid; federal agencies looking for pipeline workarounds to get fuel to East Coast

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Panic buying, pipeline shutdown causing gas shortages, analysts say; new federal broadband access program begins today; judge tosses out NRA bankruptcy case

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Episode Title: Job openings hit record in March - Closing Bell

Episode Summary: Stocks fall; job openings hit record; hacked pipeline still recovering

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This is the Marketplace Minute. I’m Justin Ho.

STORY 1

Wall Street had another down day on Tuesday.

The Dow fell one and a third percent.

The S&P dropped nine tenths percent.

The NASDAQ lost a tenth of a percent.

STORY 2

The number of job openings in the U-S…

...hit a record high in March.

That’s according to a new report from the Labor Department.

The number of available jobs out there…

...suggests that employers are having trouble filling positions…

...at the pay they’re currently offering.

STORY 3

The operator of the longest pipeline in the U-S…

...says it hopes it will be fully operational by the end of the week.

With the line still down...many east coast drivers...are rushing to fill up their tanks.

Some gas stations on the east coast…have been running out of fuel.

STORY 4 *** CUT THIS FOR DEMO PUBRADIO VERSION ***

And home prices rose in virtually every metro area in the U-S last quarter…

...according to the National Association of Realtors.

It found that average mortgage payments...are rising, too.

CLOSE

I’m Justin Ho with the Marketplace Minute.

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