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How to dodge tariffs on Chinese goods
Feb 20, 2026The Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump’s tariffs today. We’ll discuss how the decision might affect businesses and consumers. Also in this episode: Since Trump announced those tariffs, ...
The price is never right anymore
Feb 19, 2026Consumers have gotten worse at guessing how much goods cost, research shows. Call that literal sticker shock? Accelerated price growth might be to blame, but so is dynamic pricing and the proliferatio...
Immigration and job growth are linked, Fed says
Feb 18, 2026Areas that recently experienced the largest slowdowns in unauthorized immigration also saw the largest slowdowns in employment growth, according to data analysis by the San Francisco Fed. This disprov...
Why would the Fed loosen mortgage regulations?
Feb 17, 2026After the 2008 housing market crash, new rules required banks hold capital reserves proportional to the home loans they issued. In response, banks issued fewer mortgages and non-banks filled in the ga...
What if Trump does roll back steel and aluminum tariffs?
Feb 16, 2026The White House may roll back steel and aluminum tariffs, according to the Financial Times. Sure, President Donald Trump has announced or enacted tariffs just to reverse course many times. But the dif...
Inside the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history"
Feb 13, 2026On Thursday, Feb. 12, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the revocation of the “endangerment finding,” a federal determination that planet-warming emissions harm human health. The Trump adm...
More K-shaped spending
Feb 12, 2026When high earners ramp up their spending while low earners pull back, that’s a symptom of a "k-shaped" economy. But what about middle-income households? New evidence shows the middle class is also str...
Here's what we learned from the January jobs report
Feb 11, 2026The January jobs report came out Wednesday, and on the surface, it was better than expected. The economy added more jobs than it has in months and the unemployment rate remained stable. But topline nu...
Holiday spending slowdown
Feb 10, 2026New data show retail sales were flat in December, despite high expectations for the holiday season. So did shoppers spend less? Or did they just frontload that gift spending in November? Also in this ...
Less-than-great expectations for upcoming jobs data
Feb 09, 2026The January jobs report and consumer price index come out this week, and experts expect both employment and inflation to hold relatively steady. But that jobs report will also include revisions to 202...