# Fed eyes sluggish wage growth Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-all-in-one-432449/fed-eyes-sluggish-wage-growth Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-all-in-one-432449/fed-eyes-sluggish-wage-growth.md Podcast: [Marketplace All-in-One](https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-all-in-one-432449) Published: 2026-06-08T22:25:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/06/08/fed-eyes-sluggish-wage-growth Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/pm/2026/06/08/pm_20260608_PM_PODCAST_64.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-AllNOne&awEpisodeId=01KTMGSZA5K41HDVF0AX982068 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-all-in-one-432449/episodes/fed-eyes-sluggish-wage-growth Duration seconds: 1521 ## Resource Averages wages grew 3.4% year over year, but at the same time, inflation as measured by the consumer price index, has been eating away at those gains. Workers don’t want to lose purchasing power — rising inflation will feel like a pay cut — but the Fed may see things a bit differently. Plus: Home cooks are a bright spot in Campbell’s soup sales, the owner of Vimeo, AOL, and WeTransfer files for an IPO, and a former diplomat rehabs old movie theaters. Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter. Marketplace is more than a radio show. Check out our original reporting and financial literacy content at marketplace.org — and consider making an investment in our future. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-all-in-one-432449/episodes/fed-eyes-sluggish-wage-growth/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-all-in-one-432449/fed-eyes-sluggish-wage-growth.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.