How cheap is too cheap?
Mon, 05 May
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Oil companies are barely breaking even on crude oil right now — a barrel of West Texas Intermediat...
Supply chain strain, redux
Fri, 02 May
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It’s been one month since President Trump raised tariffs on goods from China. Already, the global ...
What will Trump's trade war do to labor productivity?
Thu, 01 May 2025 22:35:00 +0000
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An upward climb in labor productivity has been a promising economic trend over the past few years. T...
"March is ancient history"
Wed, 30 Apr
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The latest GDP calculations and PCE index tell us the U.S. economy is doing … OK. Importantly, the...
Tariff fears likely shrunk the GDP
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:35:00 +0000
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When new gross domestic product data comes out tomorrow, economists expect we'll see the first GDP c...
Taxes due today on goods sold tomorrow
Mon, 28 Apr
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Though it’s hard to say how much tariff-driven sticker shock consumers can stomach, some retailers...
In this uncertain economy, gold shines
Fri, 25 Apr
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The stock and bond markets may tumultuous right now, but gold prices have been on a tear. This week,...
Trump aims axe at community lender fund
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:55:00 +0000
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The Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund supports lenders in far-flung and...
Say goodbye to affordable clothing
Wed, 23 Apr
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Trump’s tariffs will touch the vast majority of industries, but apparel — clothes, shoes, access...
No job? No office phone? Thanks DOGE.
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:35:00 +0000
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Verizon lost nearly 300,000 monthly phone subscribers in the first quarter. The telecom giant put pa...
Boeing aircraft, duty-free no more
Mon, 21 Apr
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The scale and volatility of the trade war may be surprising, but tariffs aren’t new — unless you...
Special Coverage from Marketplace: Selling America
Sun, 20 Apr
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Stop us if you’ve heard this before: We’re in an unprecedented economic moment. But this time re...
A housing market dilemma
Fri, 18 Apr
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Some relief seems to have arrived on the housing shortage front — listings are up 9% compared to l...
Amid turmoil, firms cling to their employees
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:30:00 +0000
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First-time jobless claims have been pretty stable since the start of March — unlike many other par...
Tariff anxiety turns fun splurges into stress purchases
Wed, 16 Apr
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We’ve heard about people rushing to replace big-ticket essentials ahead of trade war-related price...
Counting the ways tariffs disrupt our economy
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:50:00 +0000
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For the first few years of the pandemic, businesses navigated a backed-up global supply chain that l...
Office uncertainty — inside and out
Mon, 14 Apr
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Fear of unemployment jumped 4.6 percentage points to 44% in March, according to a New York Fed surve...
Expect tariff evasion
Fri, 11 Apr
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Just like some people fudge the numbers to lower their taxes, some companies do the same when paying...
Eyeing the bond market
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:30:00 +0000
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Stocks aren’t the only assets in the financial markets that were beat up this week by President Tr...
Acting on uncertainty
Wed, 09 Apr
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We’ve said it more than once lately: This economy is defined by uncertainty. And as President Trum...
A cold snap in corporate bonds
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:14:45 +0000
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The issuance of corporate bonds has slowed to a crawl, thanks to all that uncertainty in the economy...
Footwear will likely still be “Made in China”
Mon, 07 Apr
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Import levies on Chinese goods amount to 54% right now. But some things that China excels at produci...
Who will tariffs hurt the most?
Fri, 04 Apr
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Tariff-driven inflation will hit Americans with the lowest incomes the hardest, slashing their disp...
Reminder: Tariffs are taxes.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:50:42 +0000
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Uncertainty about tariffs and trade policy has been top of mind since President Donald Trump’s ele...
Q1 dealmaking takes a dive
Wed, 02 Apr
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Corporate dealmakers hoped merger and acquisition ventures would heat up this year. But the first qu...
The negative wealth effect
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:40:06 +0000
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People feel richer — and spend accordingly — when their assets rise in value. That’s called th...
Will owning a home ever be affordable again?
Mon, 31 Mar
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Just how expensive has homeownership become? To afford a typical home, households need an income of ...
Are U.S. consumers finally running out of steam?
Fri, 28 Mar
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Consumers say they’re fed up with inflation, then they keep spending. But their behavior could be ...
Uncertainty, thy name is tariff
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:32:00 +0000
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The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Bureau of Economic An...
The law of unintended consequences
Wed, 26 Mar
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More tariffs are on the way, this time targeting vehicle imports. President Donald Trump favors impo...
Consumer confidence continues to dim
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:15:28 +0000
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The latest reading marks the fourth straight month of declining consumer confidence, and it fell mor...
Will tariffs boost U.S. manufacturing?
Mon, 24 Mar
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The Donald Trump administration wants to strengthen U.S. manufacturing with tariffs on imported good...
Measuring a tax cut is all about the framing
Fri, 21 Mar
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We’re tackling a “mysterious and important” question in today’s episode: Should Congress use...
These sectors are bracing for price hikes
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:21:27 +0000
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More tariffs are set to take effect April 2, and in most cases, American consumers and businesses wi...
Fed takes “wait and see” approach with tariffs
Wed, 19 Mar
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Federal Reserve policymakers aren’t cutting interest rates right now, though they expect two rate ...
Stress-Googling “recession”? You’re not alone.
Wed, 19 Mar
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“Recession” recently peaked on Google Trends — a sure sign Americans are sweating the possibil...
Working 9 to 5 — and 6 to 11. Maybe weekends too.
Mon, 17 Mar
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About 8.9 million. That’s how many U.S. workers worked more than one job in February — an all-ti...
Will homebuyers spring at lower rates?
Fri, 14 Mar
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Mortgage rates have fallen recently to 6.6% for a 30-year fixed. But will it be enough to bring pros...
The weakening dollar
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:10:08 +0000
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The U.S. Dollar Index has fallen sharply in the last few weeks, thanks largely to tariff flip-floppi...
Could economic feelings become fact?
Wed, 12 Mar
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Just 44% of employees feel confident about the next six months at their company, a Glassdoor survey ...
Remember tariff exclusions?
Wed, 12 Mar
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Back in 2018 — the last time President Donald Trump led a trade war — some businesses got tariff...
Selling a “completely destroyed” home
Mon, 10 Mar
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Terri Bromberg lost her home of 20 years in the Los Angeles fires. Rather than rebuild, the artist a...
The contrarian jobs report
Sat, 08 Mar
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Overall employment dropped last month, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor...
This isn’t the 2018 trade war
Fri, 07 Mar
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The Federal Reserve may be steering the economy through another trade war. But this time, the inflat...
Uncertainty is a certainty
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:05:58 +0000
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Ask an economist what’s driving decision-making right now, and the answer may well be “uncertain...
Tariff pain and retaliation
Wed, 05 Mar
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They’re here: President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico begin today, ...
Bird flu spreads its wings
Mon, 03 Mar
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As bird flu proliferates across U.S. farms, infecting chickens, cows and even humans, some public he...
Will Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes workers stay?
Sat, 01 Mar
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In the past decade, filming outside of Los Angeles has become a cost-effective option for many major...
Hope or fear?
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:42:17 +0000
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Capital goods orders picked up in January — that’s stuff businesses buy that’ll last a while, ...
The GDP equation
Wed, 26 Feb
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The second Trump administration has made spending cuts a priority — already, the president has e...
A housing reality check
Wed, 26 Feb
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Home Depot, which makes most of its money from renovations, said small projects are driving its sale...
Who’s in the consumer-spending driver’s seat?
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:15:57 +0000
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The top 10% of earners account for half of all consumer spending in the U.S., a new study shows. In ...
Tumbling economic sentiment — especially for Dems
Fri, 21 Feb
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American consumers agree: High prices aren’t going anywhere. All that stress about inflation, and ...
Access to federal data in flux
Fri, 21 Feb
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Last month, key federal data sets were removed from government websites following actions by the Don...
Vote with your wallet
Wed, 19 Feb
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How low can it go?
Wed, 19 Feb
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All these sellers, but where are the buyers?
Mon, 17 Feb
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Do you buy the retail sales number?
Sat, 15 Feb
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Time to sell!
Fri, 14 Feb
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What’s next for BP?
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:16:54 +0000
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Making waves
Wed, 12 Feb
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Some things haven’t changed
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:35:46 +0000
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Where did all the normal-priced stuff go?
Sat, 08 Feb
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Trump’s bid to take down the 10-year yield
Fri, 07 Feb
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So, about those tax cuts from Trump’s first term…
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:41:17 +0000
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Yes, the U.S. owes itself money
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:45:22 +0000
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Theme of the day: Uncertainty
Mon, 03 Feb
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Employers pay up for health care too
Fri, 31 Jan
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The economy that could be
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:41:44 +0000
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Cents and sensitivity
Wed, 29 Jan
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