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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

Episodes by Sabri (613)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1202

A funding freeze for Biden

Jul 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1201

A new normal for interest rates?

Jul 11, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

More signs of a cooling labor market

Jul 5, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Not necessarily a "new dawn" for economic policy in the U.K.

Jul 5, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Why the global supply chain cracked under COVID

Jun 14, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

The financial war between Israel and the Palestinians

Jun 14, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Smaller races are drawing big campaign bucks

Jun 13, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

The disappearance — and reimagination — of the gay bar

Jun 13, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

What causes inflation? Economists and the public disagree

Jun 12, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Georgia bets big on EVs, and Savannahians

Jun 12, 2024
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Health care openings still hot amid cooling job market

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 9, 2024
People who left during during the pandemic are still being replaced. Providers struggle to fill the gaps as demand steadily rises.
Demand for workers is still strong in the health care industry, partly driven by demographic aging.
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Election 2024

Bond yields owe a debt to presidential politics

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 3, 2024
Yields on the 10-year Treasury note rose after the recent debate on the idea that a Trump election win could boost inflation.
A Republican administration's policies might add to inflation and government debt, said David Kelly of J.P. Morgan Asset Management. But Democrats spend a lot too.
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Slowing job trends point to stabilizing labor market

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 2, 2024
Recent "boring" data suggests a return to normal, cooler employment conditions after a "red hot" streak.
Job openings on Indeed. The labor market is in a healthy, more balanced phase, economists say, after a period of widespread worker shortages.
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Business reactions to Biden Administration tariffs vary widely

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 26, 2024
Some businesses say the new tariffs will put them on a level playing field with Chinese exporters. Others see little advantage.
Biden is keeping many Trump-era tariffs and introducing new ones, including lithium ion batteries, electric vehicles and feeding tube parts. 
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Why most of the world still uses the U.S. dollar to buy and sell oil

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 25, 2024
The scale, liquidity and stability of U.S. financial markets are partly behind the phenomenon.
Safe, liquid markets in the United States is a key reason most countries buy oil — and many other commodities — with dollars.
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The case for wage insurance to offset future job disruption

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell and Alex Schroeder
Jun 24, 2024
There's already unemployment insurance. But new research makes the case for wage insurance as further protection for workers.
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What 100-year-old immigration policy can teach us about the economy

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Jun 21, 2024
Amid new executive actions on immigration, and 100 years since the National Origins Act, we look at how policy has shaped the economy.
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Why the last mile in the Federal Reserve's inflation fight has been uphill

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Alex Schroeder , Ariana Rosas and Nic Perez
Jun 20, 2024
It's taking a longer time for the broader economy to feel the impact of higher interest rates, in part because of debts locked in when rates were lower.
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Why gay bars are closing — and what's taking their place

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Jun 13, 2024
LGBTQ+ gatherings at less traditional venues are changing what queer nightlife can look like, professor Amin Ghaziani explains.
"Gay bars are an absolutely important part of nightlife, but they're not the sum total of [gay] nightlife," said author and professor Amin Ghaziani.
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Election 2024

Campaign donors hope money makes the difference in hotly contested states

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Kimberly Adams
Jun 13, 2024
Federal campaigns get much of the spotlight, but state and local races can be as consequential for residents' lives. Funders know that.
Millions of dollars are being spent to sway voters on state-level ballot initiatives.
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