Navigating long-term unemployment
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Overall unemployment measured 4.3% in March, which is a sign of a fairly strong economy. A contradicting data point? The number of Americans who have been unemployed for more than six months grew 300,000 year-over-year. In this episode, a job hunt with no end in sight. Plus: The CPI shows still-high shelter inflation, composting finds its place in a trash-import state, and we recap the week’s economic data.
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| 0:00.0 | Inflation is going up. |
| 0:04.7 | And our mood? |
| 0:05.8 | Well, you could say that's going down. |
| 0:08.0 | From American public media, this is Marketplace. |
| 0:20.3 | From Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland, I'm Rie Mae Maitreys in for Kai Rizdal. |
| 0:25.7 | It is Friday, April 10th. Good to have you with us. |
| 0:28.9 | You've probably seen or heard the headline by now. |
| 0:31.9 | Inflation is at its highest level in nearly two years. |
| 0:35.4 | According to the Labor Department, consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago. |
| 0:41.6 | To help make sense of these numbers and a lot more, let's jump into our Friday wrap. I'm joined by Sudeep Reddy from MS Now and Rachel Siegel with the Washington Post. |
| 0:49.8 | Hey, you two. Hi, Reema. |
| 0:52.9 | All right, let's talk inflation. Y'all read the inflation report this |
| 0:55.7 | morning. In one sentence, or maybe just in a few words, tell us what were the vibes. |
| 1:01.1 | Cidip, you go first. This was not pretty. Obviously, inflation going up this high, |
| 1:06.9 | highest in. Oh, I think we lost you there. |
| 1:13.0 | How about you, Rachel? |
| 1:14.0 | Why don't you go? |
| 1:15.3 | Yeah, I have a feeling that Sudeep was just about to get into this, but I think some of the |
| 1:20.0 | adjectives that came up might help us, you know, get a sense of how the inflation report |
| 1:24.3 | came across. |
| 1:25.1 | There were a lot of words like worst and biggest and |
| 1:28.7 | largest monthly gain tossed around. And those are often not the kinds of words you want to see |
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