Every weekday, host Kai Ryssdal helps you make sense of the day's business and economic news — no ec
It's been a big week for economic data, with key reports on GDP, PCE, retail sales and consumer sent
Continuing unemployment claims just hit nearly two million — the highest number since November 2021.
Just two weeks out from the Trump administration’s tariff pause deadline, no one is quite sure what
The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index dropped in June. That’s after a brief reprive in Ma
After launching air strikes on Iranian unclear facilities over the weekend, President Trump posted t
In the “tariffs the Trump administration has announced and actually put into long-term effect” categ
This spring, just 28% of U.S. homes sold above asking price, according to Redfin. That’s the lowest
The Fed kept interest rates as-is today, and Chair Powell said policymakers are “well-positioned to
This is a busy time for food banks — without school breakfast and lunch programs, more families lean
The Federal Open Market Committee meets later this week, and it’s pretty likely they’ll examine why
When President Trump slapped sky-high tariffs on goods from China, exporters rerouted ships elsewher
You might’ve missed it amid all the Congressional budget hoopla, but Senator Ted Cruz recently float
Prices rose 0.1% in May, according to the latest consumer price index — that’s less than some analys
Later this week, the U.S. Treasury will auction off billions of dollars worth of 30-year bonds. Whil
Consumer credit rose $17.9 billion in April — $6 billion more than projected, the Fed says. American
The latest jobs report is out Friday, and overall it’s pretty middling — some details are good news;
Unemployment filings and layoffs are rising, and private sector hiring hit a two-year low, recent re
Provo, Utah, which sits in one of the youngest counties of the U.S., has attracted some major employ
The GOP’s budget bill, now at the Senate, includes proposed cuts to federal statistical agencies. Th
It depends on who you ask. But we can all agree that this round of tariffs is not the same as the on
