Prepping for a deluge of labor market data
Marketplace Morning Report

Prepping for a deluge of labor market data

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 20266 min

On Tuesday, the Labor Department will report how many job openings were posted in August. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis will report how much personal income grew in August. And on Friday, the Labor Department will report how much hiring occurred this month. So what types of jobs are employers trying to fill? Also on this morning's episode: lowered tariffs with China and a look at public distrust in the federal government. Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter. Marketplace...

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The tariff wall is lowered a little bit. From Marketplace, I'm Nancy Marshall-Gensler in for Kimberly Adams. The U.S. and China are each lowering tariffs on about $30 billion worth of imported products. The moves follow President Trump and Chinese President Xi's summit in Washington last

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week. Marketplace says Henry Epp has more on which goods are on the list. The US list is mostly made up of consumer products. Toys, high chairs, sports equipment, table linens and microwaves from China, to name a few, will all see lower import taxes.

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China's list, meanwhile, is heavy on agricultural products from the US, including corn, wheat, barley, tobacco and rice. Not on the list, though, are soybeans. American soybeans have historically been a major export to China, but dropped significantly last year. China has separately committed to buying 25 million tons of soybeans annually from the U.S. and

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