Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kai Ryssdal

  "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal talks declining consumer sentiment, trade conflicts between the US and China, and the latest economic news with Catherine Rampell at the Washington Post and Sudeep Reddy at Politico.

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• Why gold is having a shiny moment

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Gold prices have been on a tear. This week, they hit an all time high of $3,500 an ounce.

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• How one cattle rancher is thanking tariffs, for now

  by Nicholas Guiang

  

  One of the industries that President Trump claims tariffs will positively impact is cattle and beef. This Oklahoma cattle rancher says the market is currently the best he’s seen it, but doesn’t know how long it will last.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• The Trump administration wants more autonomous vehicles on the road. Americans aren't so sure.

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Almost two thirds of drivers say they’re afraid of AVs.

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• The U.S.'s largest passenger ship is about to get a commercial afterlife underwater

  by Irina Zhorov

  

  The SS United States is about as long as three football fields laid end to end and had more than 400 passenger rooms.

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