Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks to Linette Lopez of Business Insider and Sudeep Reddy at Politico about debt ceiling brinkmanship, the U.S. economic relationship with China and more.

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• Why are Ikea and Costco expanding as other retailers close stores and lay off staff?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Opening new stores may be a way for some retailers to position themselves for both a downturn and a recovery.

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• What will the end of the pause on student loan payments mean for retailers?

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Discretionary spending may decline as people add those payments back into their budgets.

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• After last month’s bank failures, big banks’ deposits are falling again

  by Justin Ho

  

  The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank had a lot of depositors worried about their own banks. While many moved their depositors to bigger institutions, bank deposits have been trending downward overall.

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