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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.
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The national debt is ballooning, and Americans are worried
The U.S. national debt crossed $39 trillion last week, and it’s growing fast. Racking up the most recent $5 trillion of that total only took two years...
What's next for the USMCA?
The Trump administration is reviewing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which comes up for renewal this year. The USMCA replaced NAFTA, was a...
A small tax with high costs
People in the U.S. send a lot of money abroad: In 2024 alone, about $93 billion in formal remittances were sent overseas. However, a new federal remit...
Population growth in the U.S. is slowing
Population growth is slowing in most counties in the U.S., according to new population estimates from the Census Bureau. During that time, 310 of the...
ICE agents are at airports. TSA agents aren't really sure why.
TSA agents have been working without pay for more than a month, while ICE agents have started arriving at airports to assist with security lines. Toda...
Will this oil shock push the world more toward renewables?
Fuel costs can be vulnerable during geopolitical conflict. The war in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through energy markets. Over the past two we...
Investors, Treasury bonds, and war in the Middle East
The Treasury Department is holding several government bond auctions this week. Treasury auctions can tell us a lot about the interest rates investors...
The road (or light-rail) to the World Cup
Starting in mid-June, soccer fans will flock to 16 cities across North America for the World Cup. Each match will draw tens of thousands of fans, many...
How to protect yourself from tax season scams
It's tax season. Therefore, it's also tax scam season. A new McAfee survey finds nearly one in four Americans has been a victim of a tax-related scam,...
A word to the wise for air travelers
If you're traveling in the next week or so, get to the airport early. Airport security lines are growing as workers with the Transportation Security A...
Should we expect USPS to make money?
The Postal Service says it's facing a "severe financial crisis." Postmaster General David Steiner testified before a House subcommittee this week and...
Escalation and investor anxieties
Iran attacked critical liquefied natural gas and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, including a major source of gas for Europe. It was reta...
An attempt to blunt rising oil prices
War continues to rage in the Middle East, and energy infrastructure is being targeted. The price of oil has surged to $115 a barrel, and gas in the U....
Can jewelry ever be truly conflict-free?
The supply chains of gold and precious gems are notoriously difficult to track. Human rights abuses and environmental devastation are often at the roo...
Do we need quarterly earnings reports?
Why not report earnings twice a year? The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal to eliminate the requirement for publicly traded...
What CFPB cuts mean for you
Two of the three major credit bureaus are dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints. At the same time, the Trump administration has attempted t...
Europe looks to step back from U.S. Big Tech
Is Europe's reliance on U.S. tech a vulnerability? With geopolitical uncertainties growing under the second Trump administration, governments and inst...
Air travel as a political football
TSA agents are missing their first full month of paychecks as a result of the partial government shutdown. In response, CEOs of major U.S. airlines ha...
Can Congress tackle housing affordability?
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill yesterday that aims to take on housing affordability by increasing the housing supply and cutting red tape. But it...
Tariffs come for the Friday fish fry
Some Christians observe the weeks of Lent leading up to Easter by not eating meat on Fridays. That means that we’re in the thick of fish fry season. T...
Local eatery obituaries
Data shows that chain restaurants grew by 3% last year, while smaller independent restaurants declined by more than 2% as they struggled to navigate r...
Don't forget: There's still a trade war going on
Yesterday, the U.S. trade representative announced an investigation into unfair trade practices that could result in a whole new round of import taxes...
Oil prices and war in the Middle East
Oil prices came close to hitting $120 a barrel yesterday. This morning, they're hovering around $100 a barrel. Gas prices are also up 27 cents in a we...
An eye on labor force participation
Economists are still digesting last Friday's jobs report, which showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. The labor force participation rate — the per...
A month of job losses
The U.S. economy actually lost jobs last month. The number of people on U.S. payrolls fell by 92,000 in February, with big swings in education and hea...
Gasoline and diesel prices are spiking
War in the Middle East has caused oil prices to spike, and — right on cue — gasoline prices have risen quickly. They’re up 34 cents in a week, accordi...
Health care job growth continues to be on a tear
In pretty much every jobs report of 2025 — and on into early 2026 — health care was the most reliable job-creating sector. Some 436,000 health care jo...
A big year for fans of maple syrup
Parts of the Great Lakes region have seen their coldest winter in more than a decade, and maple syrup farmers are rejoicing. The cold snap has been pe...
What you need to know about the Live Nation court case
The Department of Justice and dozens of states are accusing Live Nation — the owner of Ticketmaster — of being a monopoly, shutting out competition, a...
The link between conflict in Iran and mortgage rates
Mortgage rates dipped below 6% last week. Now, they're back up. Sudden conflict and uncertainty almost always cause volatility in the mortgage market....
What's going on with the bond market?
When the world gets scary, investors are usually very hungry for bonds because they're safer bets than the stock market. But with the war in Iran, bon...
The economic reverberations of war
The war with Iran continues to disrupt oil production and shipping channels in the Middle East. Today, we're unpacking the ripple effects of the confl...
Global markets respond to the attack on Iran
Oil prices are jumping around this morning, but you can bet they're up — around 6-7%. Gold, a safehaven for investors, is up about 2%. "We're in a wor...
Iran's role in the global oil supply
The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran means a disruption of global oil markets. Iran has closed navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, leaving hundred...
Global jitters over private credit
MFS, a big lender based in London, has been making risky loans and is in the British equivalent of bankruptcy. Now, investors are buying up U.S. gover...
Paramount poised to acquire Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance appears to have won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount raised its offer, and rival Netflix refused to match it,...
"Live from the UK" one last time
From the BBC World Service: First up, British manufacturer Dyson settles a lawsuit filed against it by 24 migrant workers, and the Premier League says...
What it costs to become an Olympian or Paralympian
Now that the Winter Olympics have wrapped up, the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games kick off on March 6. Dozens of athletes will represent Team USA in sl...
What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud?
The AI company Anthropic is loosening some of its core safety principles. Anthropic unveiled a new policy on safeguards earlier this week, moving from...
U.S. grants Cuba access to some Venezuelan oil
From the BBC World Service: The United States says it will allow some small Venezuelan oil shipments to reach Cuba, providing a lifeline to the Caribb...