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As we approach the Labor Day weekend, the U.S. labor market will provide an update on how many jobs were added. August projections show a bit of improvement.
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The U.S. Treasury is planning to buy back at least double the long-dated government bonds it usually does. Will the plan pit the Treasury secretary against both the bond markets and the Fed?
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The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows. -
Finance officials are meeting again on Tuesday in Asheville, North Carolina, amid major concerns about the economic impact of the Iran war.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Mary Lovely of the the Peterson Institute for International Economics about inflation and the economy.
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President Trump says a new deal with Venezuela would give the U.S. control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves.
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The trade war escalated between the U.S. and Canada, and the Trump administration tried to cut off Iran economically. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Wendy Cutler of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reiterated his commitment to fighting inflation in a major speech — raising expectations that rate hikes may be coming, though he did not clearly spell out a path going forward. -
Did Warsh tell investors what they want to hear?
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Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent said oil pipelines will make Strait of Hormuz irrelevant in two years. Energy experts say that is unlikely to happen. -
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wilcox, with the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about what investors and economists are hoping to hear from the Fed chair's speech Friday.
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Warner Brothers' decision three years ago to shelve a live action animated movie with Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner upset many fans. Here's what its release tells us about Hollywood economics.
