Nov 5, 2020

“It’s COVID-19, stupid”

Nurse and health care workers in the Bronx, New York, rally against a policy requiring a doctor's note to receive paid sick leave in April. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

On today's show: an update on the COVID economy and a look at how paid sick leave could slow the virus' spread.

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What is Jay Powell thinking?

The Federal Reserve concluded its two-day meeting today. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal breaks down the Fed’s economic outlook and focus.

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COVID & Unemployment

Continuing unemployment claims are down, but that doesn't tell the whole story

by Andy Uhler

Nov 5, 2020

No state lets people stay on unemployment benefits for more than 26 weeks.

Unemployment benefits are running out for people who have been out of work for six months.

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COVID-19

Paid sick leave prevents thousands of COVID cases daily, study says

by Samantha Fields

Nov 5, 2020

But the U.S. is way behind most developed countries in mandating paid sick leave.

Nurse and health care workers in the Bronx, New York, rally against a policy requiring a doctor's note to receive paid sick leave in April.

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

What happens to consumer spending next in the stop-and-go COVID-19 economy?

by Marielle Segarra

Nov 5, 2020

It doesn't look good, considering the pandemic is still raging and there's no additional federal relief yet.

A man waits for his lunch order at relatively empty Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles in June.

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COVID-19

As office workers mostly work from home, coffee and breakfast chains scramble to boost sales

by Kristin Schwab

Nov 5, 2020

The change in your morning routine is impacting the grab-and-go breakfast business.

Fast-food chains were investing more heavily in breakfast foods before the pandemic started.

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Elections 2020

Public transit emerges a big winner in election

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Nov 5, 2020

Even as the pandemic drives down ridership, voters approved more than a dozen local transit measures.

A woman rides a Metro Rail train in April in Los Angeles. The pandemic has led to a plummet in public transit ridership.

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"Every city in the world was designed and built by men"

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

Nov 5, 2020

Cities were designed to serve a world with different gender roles, where men went to work and women stayed home with children, says journalist Antonia Cundy.

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Music from the episode

Drifting Poolside

Flight to the Jungle (Landing) Monster Rally

Rising Son Takuya Kuroda

Brokenfolks Georgia Anne Muldrow

Glimmer Tame Impala

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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