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Marketplace® is the leading business news program in the nation. Host Kai Ryssdal and our team of reporters bring you clear explorations of how economic news affects you, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Airing each weekday evening on your local public radio station or on-demand anytime, Marketplace is your liaison between economics and life. Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal is part of the Marketplace portfolio of public radio programs broadcasting nationwide, which additionally includes Marketplace Morning Report®, Marketplace Weekend®, and Marketplace Tech®. Visit marketplace.org for more. From American Public Media. Twitter: @Marketplace

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The holiday shipping crunch...

11.27.2020

Hordes of crazed Black Friday shoppers storming big-box stores for once-a-year deals? Not this year. The coronavirus pandemic has caused a shift to online holiday shopping as people try to stay home and stay safe. And that surge in e-commerce ...

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11.27.2020 The holiday shipping crunch is coming Hordes of crazed Black Friday shoppers storming big-box stores for once-a-year deals? Not this year. The coronavirus pandemic has caused a shift to online holiday shopping as people try to stay home and stay safe. And that surge in e-commerce ...
11.26.2020 Holidaying from home Most of us have spent the majority of this year from home. Working from home. Learning from home. And now, holidaying from home. On today’s show: We check in with some workers who will be celebrating the holidays from their ...
11.25.2020 Hurtling toward a fiscal cliff Between Christmas Day and the end of the year, a whole slew of government relief programs put into place to help Americans through the pandemic are expiring and there’s no extension in sight. Unemployment assistance, food programs, eviction bans and ...
11.24.2020 COVID restrictions are back, but there’s no aid in sight The coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen across the U.S., and states are starting to impose restrictions similar to those we had in the spring. One key difference this time: There’s no federal relief package. Without another round of something like ...
11.23.2020 The economic EGOT? TFC: The Treasury, the Fed and the Council of Economic Advisers. Janet Yellen is the first to capture this economic version of the EGOT as President-elect Joe Biden reportedly tapped the former Federal Reserve chair to lead the Treasury Department. ...
11.20.2020 Why the Treasury wants its money back Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Federal Reserve Thursday that he wants his money back. Well, not his money, but rather $455 billion from the CARES Act. The money supported about a half a dozen Fed programs that stabilized credit ...
11.20.2020 It’s about to get even harder for renters A report out from Harvard shows the economic fallout from the pandemic is hitting the lowest-income renters especially hard. And two policies that have helped keep renters in their homes — an eviction moratorium and extended unemployment benefits — are ...
11.18.2020 Can unemployment insurance be fixed? The deluge of unemployment claims overwhelmed state unemployment systems across the United States at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Laid-off workers waited hours on hold, online application portals crashed and applications sat in the system for weeks or months ...
11.17.2020 The U.S. is excluded from a giant new trade deal China and 14 other countries — including economic powerhouses Japan and Korea — signed a trade deal over the weekend that covers a third of the global economy. One country not included? The United States. The U.S. has tried to ...
11.16.2020 Another round of lockdowns The coronavirus continues to surge across the U.S., with more than a 100,000 new cases each day over the past week. Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and the city of Chicago have all issued stay-at-home orders, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
11.14.2020 Who’s in charge of the U.S. economy right now? No, seriously, who is in charge of the economy right now? President Donald Trump? President-elect Joe Biden? Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell? With millions of Americans still unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic, another relief package couldn’t come soon enough. ...
11.12.2020 A “taste of normalcy” for some Baltimore students On a normal school day, there would be 850 students learning inside John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. But these are not normal times. A total of 65 students are at the school these days; it’s one of 15 hubs ...
11.11.2020 Eight months in, hospitals are struggling with staffing “It just feels relentless; it feels never-ending. It’s frustrating,” one nurse at a hospital in St. Louis said of coronavirus. Eight months after the pandemic began, COVID-19 is surging again in the U.S., with more than 100,000 new cases every ...
11.10.2020 Still struggling to find work Unemployment fell in October, and people have been coming back to the workforce after losing jobs earlier in the pandemic. But finding a job isn’t getting any easier: There are nearly twice as many job seekers as there are job ...
11.09.2020 The Biden team is ready to go Democrats spent the weekend dancing in the streets after news outlets called the presidential race for former Vice President Joe Biden. And while President Donald Trump has yet to concede, the Biden team hit the ground running, launching a transition ...
11.06.2020 Think calming thoughts It’s been a long week. The stress of the election coupled with the pandemic has a lot of us looking for ways to calm down anywhere, including our phones. Calm, a meditation app, topped Apple’s health and fitness category on ...
11.05.2020 “It’s COVID-19, stupid” That’s how one economist put it to us, in a twist on Bill Clinton’s “it’s the economy, stupid.” Basically, as long as the coronavirus is spreading unchecked, we’ll see a familiar economic stop and start. On today’s show, we get ...
11.04.2020 The knowns and unknowns after Election Day Last night went pretty much how we expected: The outcome of the presidential election is still uncertain and could be for a few days. On today’s show, we’ll dig into the results we do know and their impact on coronavirus ...
11.03.2020 Anything but election news Let’s be real — It’s looking unlikely that we’ll know the outcome of this presidential election tonight. You should make your own decisions about the news you want to consume this afternoon, but we’re here with a little counter-programming: a ...
11.02.2020 Why are so many people wary of contact tracing? In a recent poll, 32% of Americans said it would be at least somewhat difficult to quarantine if asked to do so by contact tracers. Some also said they’re uncomfortable talking to health care worker or giving out personal information ...
10.30.2020 Women leaving the workforce is everyone’s problem Women are taking on more work at home because of the pandemic, and their labor force participation rate has fallen to its lowest level in more than three decades. That’s not just a problem for families, it’s a problem for ...
10.29.2020 The GDP report isn’t the whole story The U.S. economy grew last quarter at a 33.1% annual rate. That sounds great, and it’s not bad! But it’s also not enough to dig out of the coronavirus recession. Today, we dive into the output gap. Plus: the eviction ...
10.28.2020 Coronavirus cases go up, the market goes down That’s an oversimplification, but not by much. All three major indexes cratered today with cases up and no relief package in sight. No sector was spared, but we’ll zoom in on Boeing and look ahead to Thursday’s GDP numbers. Plus: ...
10.27.2020 The view of this election from China We’re a week out from Election Day, and Americans aren’t the only ones watching closely. President Trump’s trade war with China put tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of products, and so today we’ll hear from businesses in ...
10.26.2020 The outdoors aren’t so great right now Cooped-up Americans across the country escaped to city and state parks during the shutdowns early in the pandemic. But with parks departments facing budget cuts and the extra use taking its toll, the country’s parks need some TLC to keep ...
10.23.2020 Who gets the Thanksgiving leftovers this year? We’re about a month away from Thanksgiving. As the pandemic continues, many Americans will have a smaller table this holiday. Meanwhile, turkey farmers have birds they’ve been raising all year, and retailers still have to make sales. Today, we’ll look ...
10.22.2020 The $20 billion missing from this economy October so far has the fewest first-time unemployment claims since March, but there are still tens of millions of Americans relying on money from the government while they’re out of work — and extra benefits keep running out. Today, we’ll ...
10.21.2020 What happened to Quibi? How do you blow through $1.75 billion? We’re not sure, but today we’re going to puzzle through what happened with Quibi, the well-funded mobile-first streaming service that’s shutting down after six months. Plus: robots taking our jobs and the story ...
10.20.2020 The antitrust case against Google The Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google was a long time coming, but our tech correspondent Molly Wood says a more robust case might have taken a little longer. We’ll talk about the outlook both for the government and big ...
10.19.2020 China shows what a coronavirus recovery could look like China’s GDP rose 4.9% in the third quarter, driven in large part by a resurgence of consumer spending. Today, we’ll dig into China’s post-coronavirus economy. Plus: how the pandemic is changing pharmacies, the lithium rush and rising housing insecurity.
10.16.2020 Americans are on the move According to our Marketplace-Edison Research Poll, more than a quarter of Americans have recently moved or are considering moving, citing flexibility to work from anywhere and the need to be closer to family. On today’s show, we’ll look at what ...
10.15.2020 Could you handle a surprise $250 expense right now? According to our latest poll with Edison Research, nearly half of Americans would find that bill at least somewhat difficult to cover. Today, we’re going to dive into more of our polling data, on household responsibilities and trust in government ...
10.14.2020 What you need to know about unemployment benefits right now The unemployment benefit system is complicated, even more so after the CARES Act. But there’s an acronym you might be seeing more and more, if you’ve been watching weekly jobless numbers: PEUC, or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. But what exactly ...
10.13.2020 The one-child policy is history, but rules in China still restrict families It has been nearly five years since China ended its one-child policy, but the number of births in the country last year was the lowest it’s been since 1961. On today’s show, we’ll look at why. Plus: Google without Chrome, ...
10.12.2020 The holiday shopping season is already here Each year, it feels like Black Friday sales come earlier and earlier. And this year is no different — except it’s supply chain issues driving retailers to start their holiday sales before Halloween. We’ll talk about it. Plus: airline cash ...
10.09.2020 So … about that relief bill Just when you thought the coronavirus relief bill negotiations couldn’t get any sillier, here we are. We’ll kick off today’s show talking about the state of play in Washington, D.C. Plus: IBM’s pivot to the cloud, Yelp’s attempts at fighting ...
10.08.2020 Making a COVID vaccine is one thing, distributing it is another There are several companies racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine. But when one is ready, we’ll need a vast infrastructure of storage and labor to get it out. Today, we’ll look at the logistics of vaccination and what it will ...
10.07.2020 Delaying COVID-19 relief could do lasting damage President Trump tried to restart negotiations for a piecemeal pandemic relief bill last night, after pulling the plug hours before. Still, all signs point to no additional aid before the election. On today’s show, we’ll look at what all this ...
10.06.2020 The economy is on its own for another month President Trump announced today that there’d be no additional coronavirus relief talks until after Election Day — he wants the Senate to focus on getting a new justice on the Supreme Court. Today, we’ll look at the needs of state ...
10.05.2020 Let’s check in on those businesses that got PPP loans The uncertainty surrounding the health of the president and several members of Congress has implications for this COVID economy. Especially when it comes to the next round of stimulus and the future of the Paycheck Protection Program. Today, we’ll check ...
10.02.2020 The easy part of this recovery is over The U.S. economy added a seasonally adjusted 661,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.9%. That’s not bad news, but it’s not nearly as good as what we’ve seen in previous months. That means this is the ...
10.01.2020 A new month, same ol’ bad economy From coast to coast, unemployed workers and their families are facing an uncertain winter. On today’s show, what happens to a local economy when a major industry shuts down, and how furloughed workers are coping. Plus: the warehouse business, telehealth ...
09.30.2020 Recession alphabet soup During last night’s presidential debate, you might (might!) have heard moderator Chris Wallace mention the distinction between a “V-shaped” and “K-shaped” economic recovery. On today’s show, we’ll look at what both letters symbolize. Plus: Massive layoffs at Disney parks, learning ...
09.29.2020 A few weeks in, how are colleges doing? Millions of students are in college, but not at college, this fall. They’re living and taking classes 100% remotely, but plenty more are on campus for all in-person classes or a hybrid model. Today we’ll check in on how they’re ...
09.28.2020 “The worst crisis in the history of American aviation” That’s how one expert described what’s happening to airlines right now. Armageddon. On today’s show, we’ll look ahead to Thursday, when carrier’s bailout terms allow them to cut tens of thousands of jobs. But first, a conversation about race and ...
09.25.2020 How does a whole country go carbon neutral? At the United Nations General Assembly this week, China, which is the world’s largest polluter, pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060. Today, we’ll look at how that might work. Plus: California’s gas ban, piped-in crowd noise in sports and ...
09.24.2020 Thousands of workers are literally stuck at sea You might feel adrift in the pandemic and its resulting recession, but not more than the 300,000 commercial ship workers who are stranded at sea right now. On today’s show, we’ll look at their situation. Plus: free speech online, socially ...
09.23.2020 Florida is a battleground for voting rights too Florida voters said formerly incarcerated people should be able to vote. But the state’s courts said no — not unless those people pay off fines and fees. Now money is pouring into the state to pay off those fees and ...
09.22.2020 At least the government isn’t shutting down There’s a lot going on in the United States right now. The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has reached 200,000. The election’s in 42 days. There are fires in the West, storms in the South and in D.C., and ...
09.21.2020 What we know (and what we don’t) about the TikTok deal In an unexpected move, Oracle is partnering with Walmart to take over U.S. operations for TikTok, but it’s not completely clear how much of the company’s technology they’ll control. Plus: wildfires, meat prices and COVID-19’s impacts along racial lines in ...

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The holiday shipping crunch is coming

Holidaying from home

Hurtling toward a fiscal cliff

COVID restrictions are back, but there’s no aid in sight

The economic EGOT?

Why the Treasury wants its money back

It’s about to get even harder for renters

Can unemployment insurance be fixed?

The U.S. is excluded from a giant new trade deal

Another round of lockdowns

Who’s in charge of the U.S. economy right now?

A “taste of normalcy” for some Baltimore students

Eight months in, hospitals are struggling with staffing

Still struggling to find work

The Biden team is ready to go

Think calming thoughts

“It’s COVID-19, stupid”

The knowns and unknowns after Election Day

Anything but election news

Why are so many people wary of contact tracing?

Women leaving the workforce is everyone’s problem

The GDP report isn’t the whole story

Coronavirus cases go up, the market goes down

The view of this election from China

The outdoors aren’t so great right now

Who gets the Thanksgiving leftovers this year?

The $20 billion missing from this economy

What happened to Quibi?

The antitrust case against Google

China shows what a coronavirus recovery could look like

Americans are on the move

Could you handle a surprise $250 expense right now?

What you need to know about unemployment benefits right now

The one-child policy is history, but rules in China still restrict families

The holiday shopping season is already here

So … about that relief bill

Making a COVID vaccine is one thing, distributing it is another

Delaying COVID-19 relief could do lasting damage

The economy is on its own for another month

Let’s check in on those businesses that got PPP loans

The easy part of this recovery is over

A new month, same ol’ bad economy

Recession alphabet soup

A few weeks in, how are colleges doing?

“The worst crisis in the history of American aviation”

How does a whole country go carbon neutral?

Thousands of workers are literally stuck at sea

Florida is a battleground for voting rights too

At least the government isn’t shutting down

What we know (and what we don’t) about the TikTok deal

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