Episode

The U.S. spending spree continues

Podcast: Marketplace Morning Report
Published: May 14, 2026
Duration seconds: 397
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/05/14/the-us-spending-spree-continues
Audio: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/morning_report/2026/05/14/mmr_20260514_MMR_Podcast_3_64.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MMR&awEpisodeId=01KRKGMPAC91XC81QWWZAKXYTZ
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-morning-report-479901/episodes/the-u-s-spending-spree-continues
Markdown: /podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/the-u-s-spending-spree-continues.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-morning-report-479901/episodes/the-u-s-spending-spree-continues/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/the-u-s-spending-spree-continues.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Retail sales in April were up 0.5% compared to the month before and are up 4.9% from a year ago, according to the Census Bureau. So are retail sales higher because consumers are resilient and buying more stuff, or are we spending more just because prices are higher and the stuff we want is more expensive? We discuss. Then, in search of cleaner energy, two new power transmission lines are connecting Quebec to New York and Massachusetts.