Marketplace

Jackie Harris, reporter who covers New England's changing local stores. Tom Closey, energy advisor explaining crude benchmarks and futures. Kaylee Wells, reporter on slowing wage growth. Heather Long, chief economist analyzing labor and spending. They discuss historic country stores reinventing themselves. They dig into oil vs natural gas price divergence. They explore choppy wage trends and who bears the burden.

Kristen Schwab, a reporter on restaurant and hospitality business models, and Daniel Ackerman, a reporter on U.S. oil production and the Permian Basin. They discuss how conflict and damage slow oil market recovery and keep gas prices high. They explain why Permian drillers are not quickly offsetting shocks and how hospitality groups scale to manage rising costs.

Allie Trella-Jones, skate shop owner navigating higher input costs and staffing headaches. Kristen Tallheimer Bingham, chocolatier managing rising cocoa prices and cautious spending. Matt Notowidigdo, University of Chicago economist explaining how tariffs produced uncertainty, limited manufacturing job gains, and shifted business plans. They discuss tariff-induced uncertainty, small-business cost pressures, and where targeted policy might help.

Curtis Lee, a reporter on income and health trends, explores why more middle-class people are selling blood plasma. Henry App, a transportation reporter, discusses whether high gas prices could nudge car buyers toward electric vehicles. Justin Ho, a commodities reporter, covers rising aluminum costs and how industries are coping. Short, punchy stories about fuel shocks, supply strain, and shifting markets.

Kristen Schwab, an economics and energy reporter, breaks down why crude surged past $100 and how that trickles to $4-ish gas. She explores market reactions, bond signals, and which industries and small businesses may feel the strain. Quick, clear takes on geopolitical risk and its ripple effects.

Kaylee Wells, a Marketplace reporter who interviewed an Ohio farmer about rising input costs. Mitchell Hartman, a field reporter covering economic fallout after four weeks of war. Courtney Brown, an Axios markets reporter on bonds and inflation expectations. David Gura, Bloomberg political and economic correspondent on markets and geopolitical impacts. They discuss farm planting struggles, war-driven market shifts, bond behavior, and consumer sentiment.

Yanti Soeripto, president and CEO of Save the Children U.S., leads humanitarian response efforts worldwide. She discusses how conflict and supply-chain disruptions raise transport and insurance costs and force rerouting of relief supplies. She also describes the need for private-sector support and flexibility to reach hard-to-reach areas.

Natasha Dongoor, WSJ editor who reported on the sleepcation trend. Donnie Paquin, jeweler and founder of Agapantha Jewelry navigating volatile gold and silver. Christina Stemble, CEO of Farm Girl Flower managing tariffs and rising transport costs. Kristen Schwab, Marketplace reporter covering import price jumps and trade data. They discuss import price spikes, metals-driven small-business pricing, shipping and fuel surcharges, and the sleepcation phenomenon.

Mitchell Hartman, Marketplace reporter who visits Oregon vineyards adapting to hotter seasons. Austin Golding, CEO of Golding Barge Lines, on barging, the Jones Act waiver, and oil price swings. Daniel Ackerman, commodities reporter, on copper’s price moves. Erica McIntyre, policy fellow and former BLS commissioner, on productivity revisions. Short takes on climate, supply chains, markets, and labor data.

Samantha Fields, Marketplace reporter who explains big energy shocks and historical context. Megan McCarty Carino, Marketplace reporter on energy-tech intersections affecting data centers and chip supply. Kristen Schwab, Marketplace reporter on retail tech like electronic shelf labels. Robin Brooks, Brookings economist on global market reactions. They discuss the massive oil supply hit from the Iran war, natural gas impacts on AI data centers and semiconductors, and local economic shifts in Beaver County.