Economy

Economy

If your shopping bill is already high — tariffs will make it higher

4:58pm April 09, 2025

by Ari Shapiro

Tariffs are driving prices up on lots of things Americans buy. Martha Gimbel of Yale's Budget Lab takes an imaginary walk through a big box store to examine how much more consumers will have to pay.

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Appeals court clears the way for Trump to fire probationary federal workers once again

2:44pm April 09, 2025

The decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals further clears the way for the Trump administration to re-fire, for now, thousands of probationary federal employees.

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China US Trade War Escalates As Tariffs Kick In

'The Economist' editor unpacks the 'biggest trade policy shock' of Trump's tariffs

2:24pm April 09, 2025

President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.

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Trump administration backs off Nvidia's 'H20' chip crackdown after Mar-a-Lago dinner

11:53am April 09, 2025

The White House was expected to ban sales of the high-performance AI chip to China. Chinese companies had been stockpiling the chip but now the Trump administration is backing off.

U.S. stocks soar in an incredible rally after Trump pauses many of his tariffs

10:37am April 09, 2025

U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday after President Trump announced a 90-day pause on the higher tariffs he had imposed on most countries — except for China.

Word of the Week: Trump calls tariffs 'the most beautiful word.' Here's its history

5:00am April 09, 2025

President Trump has repeatedly called tariffs "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." NPR's Word of the Week explores how they got their name.

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Trump's tariffs take effect

3:38am April 09, 2025

by A Martínez

President Trump's steep tariffs took effect at midnight. But he has directed his team to strike deals, making it unclear how long they'll be in place.

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Tariffs are in effect. Now what?

3:28am April 09, 2025

by Leila Fadel

Tariffs are officially in effect. How soon will they hit the goods you buy every day? We speak to Mary Lovely, an economist at the Peterson Institute, about what consumers should expect next in the international battle of tariffs.

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A new vacuum can alert you to incoming text messages. Why?

3:27am April 09, 2025

Home appliance companies are rushing to put AI into products. It's motivated by a few factors, including gathering data and creating a long-term customer relationship, experts say.

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How the powerful are using lawsuit threats to silence media and 'Murder the Truth'

3:19am April 09, 2025

by Michel Martin

President Trump is no fan of the free press. But he's not the only powerful person in the U.S. using the courts to silence unfavorable coverage, a New York Times editor and author tells NPR.

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