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  • A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October  6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as  fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell  below 10,000 for the first time in four years.
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    Wall Street is looking to recover from heavy losses the last three days. On Monday, the benchmark S&P 500 index fell nearly 4% and entered what investors call a bear market. The BBC’s Victoria Craig checks in with the current status of the markets globally, while Marketplace’s Nova Safo helps us look into what teachable moments past bear markets could offer. We can now count tampons among the many items that are in short supply because of the issues gumming up the supply chain.

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  • People queue to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders following shortages of essentials, in Colombo on March 14, 2022.
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    From the BBC World Service: Sri Lanka asks most state employees to take a long weekend for the next three months – and grow food in their spare time. Australia warns people to brace for an electricity shortage during an unusually cold winter. And The Gambia’s mostly female oyster harvesters are seeing their livelihood affected by a changing climate.

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  • The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2018 before the opening of the second session of the 115th Congress. - The US Congress hits the ground running as its 2018 session kicks off, with President Donald Trump facing a two-week deadline to forge a compromise between Republicans and Democrats on immigration reform and the budget. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

    A bipartisan group of senators announced framework for a gun control deal over the weekend. We take a quick look at how that deal could impact the buying of firearms. The markets are down today, and Julia Coronado is here to walk us through some of factors behind that. We check in with Williams College in Massachusetts, which is doing away with loans and work requirements for students on financial aid.

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  • "I don’t believe it’s the role of government to punish private businesses because we don’t like what they say or do," Hutchinson told Marketplace.
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    “I don’t believe it’s the role of government to punish private businesses because we don’t like what they say or do,” Hutchinson told Marketplace.

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  • The uncertainties of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war make it especially difficult to predict future economic conditions. Above, inside the New York Stock Exchange.
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    The markets appear to be in decline this morning as investors recover from last week’s surprising inflation numbers as well as concerns over new COVID lockdowns in China. Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson spoke to us at length about a variety of topics, which range from inflation to gun control to the legislative duel between Florida and Disney.

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  • Pedestrians walk past an electronic share price board displaying the numbers of the Nikkei 225 Index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 27, 2022. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Stock benchmarks across Asia and Europe have fallen this morning; worries about inflation and the global central bank responses to it are spooking investors. Truck drivers in South Korea are entering the second week of striking, threatening global supply chains for everything from steel to semiconductors. And a new fast food chain has replaced the now-absent McDonald’s in Russia, called “Tasty, and that’s it.”

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  • All that talk about inflation peaking? Never mind.
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    New research is showing that tenants who have longer commutes to the courthouse are more likely to get evicted from their homes. There’s a coal boom going on right now, but what are the long-term implications as the world makes a push toward renewable energy? Metlife’s Drew Matus joins us to discuss the markets as Consumer Price Index data rolls in.

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  • LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08:  A dinosaur attendant emerges from a shipping container surrounded by dinosaurs during the 'Jurassic World' take over at Waterloo Station on June 8, 2015 in London, England.
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    With “Jurassic World: Dominion” opening this weekend and the success of “Top Gun: Maverick” reigniting box office numbers, we look into whether the season of the summer blockbuster has returned after years of pandemic-induced inconsistency. The BBC reports on Japan’s reopening to tourists. A recycling company in France is transforming discarded face masks into different kinds of items.

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  • Japan reopens to foreign tourists
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    From the BBC World Service: Japan is open once again to foreign travelers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with strict rules being maintained in order to mitigate potential risks. Plus, a look at the factors behind Russia’s central bank’s key decision on interest rates. And we hear from one of the U.K. companies taking part in the biggest ever trial of a four-day working week with no loss of pay.

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  • Several state lawsuits aim to challenge officials who are curtailing federal assistance for jobless workers before the September end date.
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    The Government Accountability Office added unemployment insurance systems to its list of programs at high risk for fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. Though jobless claims have remained low, the office has said the pandemic exposed a variety of weaknesses in the system. China correspondent Jennifer Pak provides another update from Shanghai, where she has a little more freedom of movement. Hundreds of thousands of children have lost a parent or guardian to COVID-19, and that also comes with devastating financial consequences.

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