Marketplace Morning Report
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Marketplace Morning Report
In less than 10 minutes, we'll get you up to speed on all the news you missed overnight. Throughout the morning, Marketplace's David Brancaccio will bring you the latest business and economic stories you need to know to start your day. And before U.S. markets open, you'll get a global markets update...
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Aid for farmers, but not from tariffs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is starting a second round of aid — about $16 billion — for farmers affected by natural disasters. The aid is aimed...
Do city-owned grocery stores work?
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani swept the election on a campaign all about affordability. One pillar of that platform was the idea of city-ow...
Google's CEO on the AI boom and potential bubble
From the BBC World Service: The artificial intelligence revolution is firmly underway, with tech giants investing billions in research and battling to...
Checking in with American exporters and Chinese buyers
After President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in South Korea late last month, some tariffs have been suspended or lowered, and China...
What happens when the government finally does the numbers
Tomorrow's when we’re supposed to learn more about how imports and exports have been faring from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, though the 43-day gov...
Brazilian soy farmers want Amazon restrictions to be lifted
From the BBC World Service: As COP30 in Brazil enters its second week, one of the key agreements protecting the Amazon rainforest is under threat from...
Does the Fed now have a "dueling mandate"?
Even though we haven’t gotten recent economic data because of the government shutdown, there’s still plenty of speculation that the next Fed meeting w...
How optimistic are small business owners in this economy?
How optimistic are small business owners nowadays? According to a recent survey, the picture is downbeat — many owners have been dealing with tariffs...
What else is in the legislation to reopen the government? A lot.
The longest government shutdown ever ended last night when President Donald Trump signed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies going through Jan. 30...
Fixing the hemp loophole
By now, you know that the House passed legislation last night to reopen the government. But you might not know about a provision that would completely...
As U.S. tariffs bite, India gives credit lifeline to exporters
From the BBC World Service: India’s government has approved a $5 billion credit line to support its struggling exporters, as Indian workers across sec...
Would 50-year mortgages make it easier to buy a home?
President Donald Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte have floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage as a potential way to make h...
Even if the government reopens, what about all that economic data?
After 43 days, the government shutdown could end today. But there are still lingering questions: When will food stamps be distributed to beneficiaries...
Australia's spy chief warns of foreign hacker threat
From the BBC World Service: Australia is increasingly vulnerable to "high-impact sabotage" from hackers backed by China, according to Australian intel...
Tariffs to hit a dinner table favorite: Italian pasta
The Trump administration is moving to levy tariffs of over 90% on popular Italian pasta brands on “anti-dumping” grounds. We look at how the move coul...
No shutdown relief for air travel yet
The Senate passed a deal last night to end the record-setting government shutdown. But that hasn’t yet translated into relief for the beleaguered air...
What's with the quiet over commercial real estate lending?
Commercial real estate has been struggling in the years since the pandemic. Office attendance has risen, though not as much in smaller cities. And whi...
A potential end to the government shutdown
There’s movement in Washington toward ending the government shutdown. The Senate held a procedural vote yesterday. Seven Democrats and one independent...
China eases export controls
From the BBC World Service: China has lifted export controls on computer chips that are vital to car production, marking an easing of trade tensions b...
Gotta catch 'em all (as an investment)
The value of Pokémon cards soared during the pandemic, and some have climbed in value nearly 4,000% over the past two decades. For some, Pokémon cards...
Welcome to Day One of flight-mageddon
Starting today, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to reduce flights at 40 airports because of the strain that air traffic cont...
When an AI data center moves in next door
Elyria-Swansea, a largely Latino neighborhood in Denver, has plenty of industrial sources for air pollution: a dog food factory, an oil refinery, a hi...
Skepticism and a civics lesson from SCOTUS
Yesterday, Supreme Court justices heard arguments and asked questions about whether an emergency powers law could be used by a president to overhaul i...
World leaders arrive in Brazil ahead of COP30
From the BBC World Service: The summit is part of an effort to show that the climate crisis remains a top priority, although some big names won't be i...
The rise of the private asset
The London Stock Exchange has launched a series of indexes to track private investment funds. "Private investment" is a phrase we've been hearing a lo...
Trump's tariffs get their day in court
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can use emergency powers to levy tariffs. The law in question doesn...
Shein opens a storefront in Paris amid investigation
From the BBC World Service: Shein is making headlines for more than its new brick-and-mortar store in Paris’s famed BHV department store. But the laun...
Why pay $50 billion for the headache known as Tylenol?
Kimberly-Clark’s stock closed down 14% yesterday after it gambled nearly $50 billion on a company called Kenvue, maker of Listerine, Band-Aids, and Ty...
How shifting tariff policy hits one Pennsylvania business
Oral arguments over the Trump administration's "reciprocal tariffs" are set for tomorrow, in a test over limits to a president's power to act without...
Starbucks stirs things up in China
From the BBC World Service: Starbucks is selling the majority stake of its business in China to investment firm Boyu Capital as part of a $4 billion d...
Are Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs legal or not?
That's the question before the Supreme Court this week. President Donald Trump has been declaring an emergency and then using emergency authority to i...
What hunger looks like in one state as SNAP starts to dry up
This past weekend, as the shutdown stretches on, funds for SNAP benefits began to dry up. The Treasury Secretary says payments could restart this week...
Stocks rise on heels of U.S.-China trade deal
From the BBC World Service: Markets in Asia rose in reaction to the outcome of the APEC meetings in South Korea as the U.S. and China stepped back fro...
Business leaders to Congress: End the shutdown
The government shutdown has now lasted a full month. Now, some business leaders — including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, the...
Clues about where inflation might be headed
The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure, was supposed to be released today. But at day 31...
With Trump back in D.C., business talks in South Korea continue
From the BBC World Service: Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders attending the APEC summit in South Korea of the need to deepen economic cooperat...
A one-year trade truce
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have pulled U.S.-China relations back from the brink. China says both sides will suspend plans...
SNAP is "a really important, invisible piece" of the economy
If nothing changes before the weekend, most of the 42 million people on food stamps, or SNAP, will not get their November benefits as scheduled. The i...
You've heard of grass-fed beef. How about seaweed-fed beef?
Researchers figure livestock herds contribute between 12% and 20% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. That's mostly methane from the digestive pr...