Retail sales for December fell more than expected - Midday - Marketplace Minute - January 14, 2022

President Biden announces three more nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors; the Biden administration says it’ll spend around $27 billion on bridge replacement and repair; Dogecoin surges after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweets that Tesla will accept the cryptocurrency as payment for some merchandise.

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