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Mar 14, 2025

Will homebuyers spring at lower rates?

Plus, the U.S. wants Chinese consumers to spend more. Also: souffles and the USDA.

The Weekly Wrap
by Kai Ryssdal
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with David Gura at Bloomberg and Ana Swanson at The New York Times about the week’s news.
Have mortgage rates dropped enough to spur homebuyers this spring?
by Mitchell Hartman
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Four out of five prospective buyers won’t act until mortgage rates fall further, a recent U.S. News & World Report survey found.
USDA cuts funding that paid for fresh, local food for schools and food banks
by Samantha Fields
Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images
The programs accounted for more than a billion dollars’ worth of contracts for small farmers, ranchers and fishermen.
U.S. wants Chinese consumers to spend more and shrink the trade gap. That won’t be easy.
by Jennifer Pak
Charles Zhang/Marketplace
A look at why consumption in China has been sluggish.
Despite rising egg prices, a historic San Francisco soufflé restaurant hangs on
by Mary Beth Kirchner
Mary Beth Kirchner
Jacqueline Margulis, now 88, opened her soufflé-centric cafe in San Francisco 45 years ago. When will she put down her whisk?