Where did all the normal-priced stuff go?
Marketplace All-in-One
Marketplace
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When you’re shopping, ever feel like your options are low-quality budget items or stuff that’s stunningly unaffordable? The growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the U.S. is reflected in what’s available for us to buy. It’s a phenomenon called bifurcation — we’ll explain. Also in this episode: Wage growth jumped in January and parlay betting makes loads of cash for sports gambling firms. Plus, share with Marketplace: What kind of consumer are you?
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| 0:58.0 | So you know what? This morning's job report was not the most important thing that happened in this |
| 1:04.9 | economy this week. From American public media, this is Marketplace. |
| 1:19.6 | In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdahl. |
| 1:22.7 | It is Friday. |
| 1:23.7 | Today, this one is the 7th of February. |
| 1:25.9 | It is always to have you along, everybody. |
| 1:28.3 | We will talk about this morning's jobs report, of course, because data and the American labor market do matter. |
| 1:35.1 | But everything else matters, too, to this economy. |
| 1:40.1 | Catherine Rampel is at the Washington Post. Suddi Bredi is at Politico. Hey, you two. |
| 1:44.2 | Hey, Kay. Sadie, let me start with you. The jobs report, 143,els at the Washington Post. Suddybredi is at Politico. Hey, you two. Hey, Kai. |
| 1:45.0 | Sudeep, let me start with you. |
| 1:46.0 | The jobs report, 143,000 new jobs last month, 4.0% on the unemployment rate. |
| 1:53.3 | It was fine, right? |
| 1:54.7 | I mean, thoughts? |
| 1:56.5 | It was fine. |
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