Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with Jeanna Smialek at the New York Times and Kate Davidson at Bloomberg about what this week’s inflation data means for the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision, the challenges to changing interest rates during an election year, and whether Congress’s budget battle will drag on the economy.

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• What’s the difference between the CPI and the PPI?

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  These measures of inflation track the prices consumers pay and the prices producers receive for their wares. But they don’t always line up.

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• It doesn’t take a Mathlete to know a “Mean Girls” remake adds up for Hollywood

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The latest iteration is a musical movie, and a chance to make money by presenting old material to a new audience.

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• In Taiwan’s election, young voters focus on inflation, wages and war

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  The U.S. and China loom large over Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on Jan. 13, but so do domestic bread-and-butter issues.

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• Fewer kids are playing tackle football. Could flag be the future for the NFL?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  The risk of brain injury weighs on participation. Sports writer Dave Sheinin says there’s logic in an eventual move to a safer game.

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