Daniel Ackerman
Business reporter for Marketplace who filed the episode's main story about the growth and risks of the private credit market following the 2008 financial crisis.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 25min
A private credit market boom
Mitchell Hartman, a data-focused reporter who previews PPI and inflation trends. Daniel Ackerman, a business reporter tracking the rise of private credit since 2008. They discuss the fivefold growth of private credit, how postcrisis rules pushed lending outside banks, risks tied to loans for software and AI startups, and what wholesale inflation signals mean for markets.
Feb 10, 2026 • 26min
Holiday spending slowdown
Ishan Thakur, a reporter on climate and regional energy issues, and Daniel Ackerman, a reporter on financial markets and corporate finance. They cover retail sales flattening in December and whether shoppers frontloaded purchases. They discuss a utility’s preventive power shutoffs to reduce wildfire risk. They also talk about Alphabet’s 100-year bonds and what that long-term finance move could signal.
Feb 5, 2026 • 25min
There are more unemployed people than job openings right now
Daniel Ackerman, a labor-market reporter, breaks down why job openings now trail unemployed workers. Justin Ho, a banking and AI reporter, explores lenders cautious about AI risks. Sabree Beneshore, an energy and grid reporter, examines U.S. lagging power capacity as China builds fast. Short, topical segments on employment pressure, banking attitudes toward AI, and electricity infrastructure.
