Marketplace by Marketplace

Every weekday, host Kai Ryssdal helps you make sense of the day’s business and economic news — no econ degree or finance background required. “Marketplace” takes you beyond the numbers, bringing you context. Our team of reporters all over the world speak with CEOs, policymakers and regular people just trying to get by.

Category: Business

2024
- Plunging U.S. crop exports, explained

Fri, 29 Sep 2023
2023
- $2 trillion in savings, spent

Thu, 28 Sep 2023
2022
- Feeling the oil-flation?

Wed, 27 Sep 2023
2021
- Housing market role play

Tue, 26 Sep 2023
2020
- The business of getting offices back in business

Mon, 25 Sep 2023
2019
- The early bird gets the worm

Fri, 22 Sep 2023
2018
- 50 years after the oil embargo, the U.S. is playing catch-up

Thu, 21 Sep 2023
2017
- Do you advertise en Español?

Wed, 20 Sep 2023
2016
- The facial recognition software cops are raving about

Tue, 19 Sep 2023
2015
- Would you take a job that might make you work for free?

Mon, 18 Sep 2023
2014
- Is it time to question the economic vibe?

Fri, 15 Sep 2023
2013
- How to price an IPO so it “pops”

Fri, 15 Sep 2023
2012
- What will inflation look like in 6 months?

Wed, 13 Sep 2023
2011
- Poverty rose last year. Inflation’s only part of the story.

Tue, 12 Sep 2023
2010
- When a 10-day strike could cost $5 billion

Mon, 11 Sep 2023
2009
- What rising corporate bankruptcies tell us about the economy

Fri, 08 Sep 2023
2008
- The Chicago Fed president on the path forward for interest rates

Thu, 07 Sep 2023
2007
- A strong dollar spells trouble for other economies

Wed, 06 Sep 2023
2006
- Why oil prices jumped today

Tue, 05 Sep 2023
2005
- Tracing the roots of Labor Day

Mon, 04 Sep 2023
2004
- GDP doesn’t care how you feel

Fri, 01 Sep 2023
2003
- Get used to these labor shortages

Thu, 31 Aug 2023
2002
- Give yourself a pat on the back

Wed, 30 Aug 2023
2001
- A labor market that’s cooling, but not cool

Tue, 29 Aug 2023
2000
- A brake tap on wage gains

Mon, 28 Aug 2023
1999
- Remember the $5 footlong? Thank behavioral economics.

Fri, 25 Aug 2023
1998
- Manufacturing is down in the dumps, but things may be looking up

Thu, 24 Aug 2023
1997
- The things that keep economists up at night

Wed, 23 Aug 2023
1996
- Real wages rebound, while low-income earners play catch-up

Tue, 22 Aug 2023
1995
- A barometer for the AI economy

Mon, 21 Aug 2023
1994
- Houston’s heat wave is taking its toll

Fri, 18 Aug 2023
1993
- The most predicted recession … if it happens at all

Thu, 17 Aug 2023
1992
- Say we achieve a soft landing. Then what?

Wed, 16 Aug 2023
1991
- When will the Federal Reserve start cutting interest rates?

Tue, 15 Aug 2023
1990
- Life’s bananas. Let’s buy something!

Mon, 14 Aug 2023
1989
- Don’t lose sleep over the uptick in producer prices

Fri, 11 Aug 2023
1988
- Would you trust AI for financial advice?

Thu, 10 Aug 2023
1987
- Political economics, zero-COVID and China’s slowing recovery

Thu, 10 Aug 2023
1986
- The “slow burn” phase of the banking crisis

Tue, 08 Aug 2023
1985
- Why China’s economic rebound has fallen short of expectations

Mon, 07 Aug 2023
1984
- Can we let the economic good news be good news?

Fri, 04 Aug 2023
1983
- Bitcoin, election anxiety and second passports

Thu, 03 Aug 2023
1982
- An economic vibe shift?

Wed, 02 Aug 2023
1981
- Is the current job market music to the Fed’s ears?

Tue, 01 Aug 2023
1980
- The country’s newest test case for nuclear power

Mon, 31 Jul 2023
1979
- Inside the Deadhead economy

Fri, 28 Jul 2023
1978
- What’s behind those annoying customer service hold times?

Thu, 27 Jul 2023
1977
- Interest rates are high, but consumer confidence is up

Wed, 26 Jul 2023
1976
- A view of the post-peak housing market

Tue, 25 Jul 2023
1975
- The origin story of Friedman’s “long and variable lag”

Mon, 24 Jul 2023

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