APM: Marketplace Mid-Day Update Podcast
1) 09/04/2017: Americans aren't using those vacation days
There are reports that President Trump plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has given hundreds of thousands of young immigrants a reprieve from deportation. We'll loo...Show More
2) 09/01/2017: Is it going to be difficult to find a lawyer in Harvey's aftermath?
The U.S. created 156,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4 percent. The verdict? We're doing OK — not that great, not that bad. Chris Low, the CEO of FTN Financial, joins us...Show More
3) 08/31/2017: How crowdfunding is changing disaster relief
Hurricane Harvey has caused up to $190 billion in damage, according to some estimates. That would make it the costliest natural disaster in the country's history. Diane Swonk, CEO of DS Economics, joi...Show More
4) 08/30/2017: "This government is nothing but dysfunctional"
Hurricane Harvey may have an effect on gas pumps that aren't anywhere near Texas. With oil refineries shutting down production, we'll take a look at how much gas prices across the country could rise. ...Show More
5) 08/29/2017: Why investors are pulling billions out of mutual and exchange-traded funds
Mutual and exchange-traded funds focused on U.S. stocks are seeing billions of dollars flow out. Are investors just happy about the money they've already made, or are they noticing something in the un...Show More
6) 08/28/2017: The real cost of a natural disaster
With Hurricane Harvey causing many refineries in Texas to temporarily shut down, we'll chat with Energy Intelligence analyst Barbara Shook about the effects this is having on crude oil and gasoline pr...Show More
7) 08/25/2017: Changing the way apartments operate in the gig economy
Fed Chair Janet Yellen is set to speak at the Fed's annual symposium at Jackson Hole today about financial stability. We'll chat with economist Diane Swonk about how our economy looks after a decade o...Show More
8) 08/24/2017: America's AAA credit rating is at risk
We've had federal government shutdowns and we've bumped into the federal borrowing limit, but now there's danger of both happening at the same time. Economist Julia Coronado MacroPolicy Perspectives j...Show More
9) 08/23/2017: Public libraries aren't just for books
With the summer winding down, we'll check in with Westwood Holdings Group's Susan Schmidt about how the markets are doing. Afterwards, we'll discuss Staples' struggling sales, and then look at how som...Show More
10) 08/22/2017: The number of U.S. border agents is on the decline
President Trump is in Phoenix, Arizona for a rally where he'll try to score points on immigration and his plans for a border wall. But it turns out hiring border guards is getting harder. On today's s...Show More