Dec 13, 2024

Maybe next year

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Will the housing market chill out in 2025? The National Association of Realtors seems to think so. Plus, oyster harvesting is back in Mississippi.

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The Weekly Wrap

by Kai Ryssdal

“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with Ana Swanson at the New York Times and Amara Omeokwe at Bloomberg about inflation, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision next week, and more.

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Realtors group issues rosy forecast for housing market in '25

by Mitchell Hartman

Dec 13, 2024

Stabilizing interest rates and moderating home prices are among the positive predictions in the Realtors' report. Some see risks to that scenario.

The incoming Trump administration's plans for tariffs and deportations have some analysts concerned about the effects on the housing market.

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Court rules Nasdaq diversity initiative illegal

by Kimberly Adams

Dec 13, 2024

Opponents of the proposed DEI rule said it amounted to a public shaming of companies. They also faulted the SEC's approval of the measure.

Nasdaq's DEI initiative would have required each listed company's board to have at least one female member and one nonwhite or LGBTQ+ member, or tell investors why not.

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The way to reach clean geothermal heat? Fracking.

by Caleigh Wells

Dec 13, 2024

Hydraulic drilling – also known as fracking – can help capture this heat, which can turned into electricity.

$Instead of capturing gas to burn, fracking could capture heat to turn into electricity. Above, a shale fracking site in Marianna, Pennsylvania.$

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Native communities are twice as likely to have medical debt in collections, agency finds

by Katheryn Houghton and Arielle Zionts

Dec 13, 2024

Federal law says Native Americans aren’t liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service promises to pay. Some are billed anyway.

Tescha Hawley, a citizen of the Gros Ventre Tribe, says she was stuck with medical debt the Indian Health Service should have paid. It appears to be a systemwide problem.

Jessica Plance/KFF Health News

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Oyster harvesting resumes in Mississippi after long hiatus

by Ilan Ireland

Dec 13, 2024

The state is allowing a limited harvest on its oyster reefs after a series of environmental disasters nearly wiped out the species.

Richard Bosarge began harvesting Mississippi oysters on his boat, the Royster, in 2007. He and other oystermen pivoted to other types of fishing when the state’s public reefs closed in 2019.

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Horizon Tycho, Poolside

Two Blue Eyes Beirut

Slow Drag Georgia Anne Muldrow

Wishing Well Substantial

Dear To Me Electric Guest

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Sofia Terenzio Associate Producer I

Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer

Nicholas Guiang Assistant Producer

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