Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  Who doesn’t want more jobs? Dare we say “soft landing”? Those questions and more are tackled by Marketplace host Kimberly Adams in conversation with Bloomberg’s Kate Davidson and The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell.

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• Is the ‘blunt tool’ of monetary policy actually just a dull tool?

  by Matt Levin

  

  Fed rate hikes are kinda starting to slow down the labor market, but unemployment is still very low, and the economy isn’t reacting as experts expected.

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• Gen Z teens are heading back to the workforce; older Zoomers, not so much

  by Savannah Peters

  

  Labor force participation for 20- to 24-year-olds is lagging. Zoomers whose educations were interrupted by the pandemic are still catching up.

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• Everyone’s got an opinion on proposed USDA nutrition standards for schools — especially the students

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The USDA says kids’ health is at stake with the proposed nutrition standards. But some manufacturers say making food with less salt and sugar will cost more, while nutrition directors are worried students won’t eat the meals.

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• As women’s sports grow in popularity, so does the bar that only airs women’s matches

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  “Spaces like this are really important for not just sports and not just representation, but for the people who come to be a part of that community,” said Jenny Nguyen, owner of the Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon.

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