Every weekday, host Kai Ryssdal helps you make sense of the day’s business and economic news — no ec
The latest consumer expectations report is out and Americans are feeling much worse about their own
As tariff pressures mount, China’s vice president and other leaders have agreed to meet with top U.S
The U.S. trade deficit hit a record high in March, as businesses rushed to bring in goods ahead of n
Oil companies are barely breaking even on crude oil right now — a barrel of West Texas Intermediate
It’s been one month since President Trump raised tariffs on goods from China. Already, the global su
An upward climb in labor productivity has been a promising economic trend over the past few years. T
The latest GDP calculations and PCE index tell us the U.S. economy is doing … OK. Importantly, the d
When new gross domestic product data comes out tomorrow, economists expect we'll see the first G
Though it’s hard to say how much tariff-driven sticker shock consumers can stomach, some retailers h
The stock and bond markets may tumultuous right now, but gold prices have been on a tear. This week,
The Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund supports lenders in far-flung and u
Trump’s tariffs will touch the vast majority of industries, but apparel — clothes, shoes, accessorie
Verizon lost nearly 300,000 monthly phone subscribers in the first quarter. The telecom giant put pa
The scale and volatility of the trade war may be surprising, but tariffs aren’t new — unless you’re
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: We’re in an unprecedented economic moment. But this time really
Some relief seems to have arrived on the housing shortage front — listings are up 9% compared to las
First-time jobless claims have been pretty stable since the start of March — unlike many other parts
We’ve heard about people rushing to replace big-ticket essentials ahead of trade war-related price h
For the first few years of the pandemic, businesses navigated a backed-up global supply chain that l
Fear of unemployment jumped 4.6 percentage points to 44% in March, according to a New York Fed surve
