Marketplace

110 episode briefs available

Can the president remove a Fed governor?

The relationship between consumer mood and spending? It's complicated

What's really going on in the Trump economy?

Sticky inflation, Fed drama and the rise of 'cute' debt

No, private data can't replace the BLS

Short-term corporate borrowing climbs

Slo-mo jobs growth

What about the regional Feds? What do they do?

Jobs report warning signs

The price of limiting trade with China

The BLS has a $700 million budget. What's its ROI?

Why have some prices stayed put?

As the job market slows, inflation speeds up

Small firms cross their fingers for a rate cut

The slow death of remote-only jobs

The cost of GOP cuts to coal royalties

Hey, big spender!

The job market's bizarre balancing act

Google raises the stakes of the AI race

Who's got the pricing power?

Rate cut? So what?

What's with the streaming price hikes?

A quick GDP refresher

Consumer spending outpaced income — again

The housing market is "locked in"

The "stuck economy," tariffs and Wall Street

The data dogs are howling

On track for a layoffs record

The 'K' in 'K-shaped economy' stands for 'kitchen'

Are AI financing loops efficient or alarming?

Filling the federal data void

Our economic future is a black box

Greenback gains

The deal with "back door" betting

Trump's tariffs take a toll

Big banks' boom time

Time for another supply chain slowdown

CEO confidence sinks

Regional banks are doing alright, actually

How's that BLS data coming along?

What are corporate outlooks without federal data?

Why is Trump throwing money at the Argentine peso?

The national debt hit $38 trillion, and yes, you should care

Not everyone’s stretching the dollar the same way

A sluggish spin cycle

AI is here. Where are the new, better jobs?

Nvidia: Boom or bubble?

The case of the missing GDP report

How the economy went "K-shaped"

How long until SNAP reaches kitchen tables?

What to know as SCOTUS weighs Trump's tariffs

The job market keeps flashing warning signs

A 20-year record for job cuts

Consumer sentiment hits three-year low

More labor market blues

Are we spending more because we can, or because we have to?

What happens when the data takes a month off?

Feeding the Family (bonus episode)

Trump's tariff turnaround

Why we've got an eye on this week's corporate earnings

Rural hospitals were already short-staffed. Then came Trump's H-1B visa fee

Too little, too late?

The long-awaited September jobs report arrives

Off-price retailers shine as consumer moods sour

Are more Americans working multiple jobs?

Much ado about affordability

Predicting the Fed's every move

Holiday hiring doldrums

'Tis the season for credit card debt

Too much oil, too little demand

A Fed divided against itself

Small businesses pull back on hiring

What's next for the Fed?

Small businesses walk an affordability tightrope

What's in the long-awaited farmer relief package

The great decoupling

Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

Why the Fed is thinking about immigration

The stock market isn't the economy — but it's not nothing either

Time to strike out on your own?

Unemployment hits four-year high

Oil flow or oil freeze?

That CPI report got a Black Friday discount

The 2025 consumer sentiment rollercoaster

U.S. dollar down, gold hits all-time high

U.S. GDP sees healthy growth

The job market won't start fresh in 2026

The weather outside is frightful (so's the heating bill)

'Tis the season of holiday bonuses ... for some

A glimmer of hope for the housing market

Good news for prospective homebuyers

What's next for the job market in 2026

The year in charitable giving

States tighten SNAP rules in 2026

Markets shrug off U.S. capture of Maduro

Corporations expected to take on record debt in 2026

Labor market anxieties grow

Productivity climbs — without hiring to match

The weak spot in this job market

The Fed under attack

It's not just you — food prices rose 2.4% last year

Finding work as a young person? In this economy?

Trump's latest plan to lower mortgage rates

Skilled labor scarcity

U.S.-EU relationship status: It's complicated

The global trade status quo is shifting. Will the U.S. be left out?

The EU owns $8 trillion in Treasurys

Here's what kept GDP climbing this summer

Your car company also wants to be your bank

As AI expands, Americans have doubts