Sean McHenry

Los Angeles

Booker and Associate Producer at Marketplace

Making radio @Marketplace | writer | Los Angeles by way of Mid-Michigan

Articles

Eyeing the bond market

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry |Justin Ho |Kristin Schwab

The president’s executive orders calling for an end to DEI across the federal government is set to change the way tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts are awarded.
Caution: The economy is driving through thick fog, Atlanta Fed’s Bostic says

2 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry

While the consumer price index for March showed inflation cooling slightly from the month before, the macroeconomic future is still looking a bit foggy, according to Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. And the uncertainty around tariff policy, which President Donald Trump’s administration walked back slightly on Wednesday, appears to be the issue. “Everyone is retrenching a bit,” Bostic said in an interview with “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal.
"The safest way to do business in Russia right now is probably from a distance"

2 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry

It’s hard to pin down where Russia stands with the United States these days. On one hand, the country was notably absent from President Donald Trump’s otherwise-comprehensive list of tariffs levied last week, and the administration has lightened its foreign policy stance toward Russia. On the other hand, the president has also maintained the economic sanctions enacted after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and he doesn’t appear to be in a hurry to change course.
Would the Supreme Court scrap federal agencies' independence?

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “fired” two members of the Federal Trade Commission, both the only Democrats serving on the regulatory body. We’re putting “fired” in quotation marks because a the Supreme Court ruled in 1935 that the president can’t fire commissioners of independent agencies simply because he feels like it.
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1 month ago | marketplace.org | Andie Corban |Sean McHenry |Sofia Terenzio |Jordan Mangi

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U.S. economy's destination is "completely uncertain" says El-Erian

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Andie Corban |Sean McHenry

The Federal Reserve’s interest-setting committee begins its meeting Tuesday, with its latest decision expected Wednesday. This comes at a time of economic turbulence, with inflation expectations rising, a stock market correction and changing tariff policy. All of this has resulted in an economic outlook that is more uncertain, writes Mohamed El-Erian in Bloomberg. El-Erian is the president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, economic adviser at Allianz and the former CEO of PIMCO.
Economic uncertainty stirs stagflation worries

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry

Heard on: The whiplash from the Donald Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariff policy is leading to a lot of uncertainty on Wall Street and stirring worries that an old economic menace, stagflation, could be lurking around the corner.
The contrarian jobs report

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry |Mitchell Hartman |Meghan McCarty Carino

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How the NBA became a game of business regulations

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry

Heard on: When Luka Dončić was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Lakers, it was a pretty big shock.
The country is in the middle of a med spa boom

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sean McHenry

Medical spas are a one-stop-shop for a variety of aesthetic medical services, including Botox and laser hair removal. And the industry is growing; according to the American Med Spa Association, the number of storefronts jumped from around 1,600 in 2010 to over 10,000 in 2023. “Med spas are like a middle ground between a hair salon or a nail salon and a dermatologist’s office,” said Amanda Mull, senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek, who wrote about the boom.