Don't move a muscle!

Marketplace examines a frozen labor market where first-time unemployment claims have stayed below 200,000 for four weeks — the longest stretch since 1969 — yet job additions remain minimal. The episode also covers a monthly Bay Area picnic for AI risk discussions, the Federal Reserve's challenge of sizing its balance sheet just right, regional increases in home heating costs this winter, and the personal savings rate dropping to a four-year low. Some Americans can't afford to save while others shift money into investments, and the show looks at retirees using family history research as a meaningful project.