Marketplace

Featuring Stephanie Hughes, Marketplace reporter who explored office gossip dynamics; Samantha Fields, health policy reporter on ACA coverage drops; Ellen Cushing, Atlantic writer on why brands embrace limited “drops”; Sudeep Reddy, economics reporter on oil and labor shifts; and Amara Omokwe, Bloomberg Fed analyst on inflation risks. They dig into limited product releases, workplace gossip, ACA subsidy fallout, oil-driven consumer risks, and Fed policy talk.

Nita Crawford, international relations professor studying the environmental and climate costs of war. Julie Perkins, rural pharmacist keeping a Kansas drugstore open amid pharmacy deserts. Megan McCarty Carino, reporter and labor-market analyst tracking jobless claims and housing trends. They discuss a coastal town's fight over federal immigration plans, labor market signals, plunging new-home sales, rural pharmacy survival, and war-related environmental damage.

Claire Brown, New York Times climate and insurance reporter, explains how credit history can shape homeowners' costs. Carla Javier, Marketplace reporter, breaks down huge wholesale vegetable price swings. Mitchell Hartman, Marketplace labor analyst, explores when the Fed might shift focus from inflation to a sluggish job market. Short, timely conversations on inflation, food prices, and labor trends.

Kristen Schwab, a transportation and consumer reporter, digs into Americans' visceral relationship to gasoline prices. She explores why pump visibility makes price swings feel personal. Segments cover how fuel costs hit airlines, trucking, long commutes, and charitable giving in unexpected ways.

Elizabeth Troval, Marketplace reporter who covered Texas farmers facing higher fuel and fertilizer costs. Justin Ho, Marketplace reporter who analyzed how consumers react to rising oil and recent crude moves. They discuss soaring crude prices after the war, thresholds where $120–$150 oil could pinch spending, and local Texas impacts from higher input costs and regional oil profits.

Nova Safo, a reporter on trade investigations, explains new uses of Sections 232 and 301 to reimpose import taxes. Rose Mora-Laurie, Wirecutter product investigator, exposes counterfeit skincare sold by third-party sellers and offers safer buying tips. Rachel Siegel, an economy reporter, breaks down recent GDP, inflation and Fed signals and what they mean for markets and policy.

Nate Bradford, an Oklahoma cattle rancher facing rising input costs. Amy Purdy, three-time Paralympic snowboard medalist and author, on Paralympic timing and coverage. Justin Howe, energy reporter, on how a closed Strait of Hormuz could shut refinery units. They discuss refinery supply risks, pipeline and crude-type limits, and how shortages ripple through markets.

Justin Ho, Marketplace reporter who breaks down tariffs and their surprising effects. Nicole Servi, Wells Fargo economist who decodes CPI data and Fed signals. They walk through February CPI quirks, energy and natural gas moves, grocery price shifts like eggs and meat, and how tariffs and war timing complicate inflation readings.

Ariane Marshall, Wired transportation writer, on Fisker owners fighting for repair access. Megan McCarty Carino, tech and business reporter, on Oracle’s big AI cloud bets and investor pushback. Mitchell Hartman, small business reporter, on record-high owner uncertainty. Kaylee Wells, travel reporter, on how war-driven oil spikes are lifting jet fuel costs and straining airlines.

Daniel Ackerman, Marketplace reporter who explains how consumer surveys and sentiment shape spending. Mitchell Hartman, Marketplace historian who draws parallels to the 1970s oil shocks. Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist analyzing oil-market reactions and wider economic implications. They discuss surging oil and commodity prices, shipping and storage strains, recession risk, and how sentiment and supply-chain shocks can ripple into grocery aisles.