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The Trump administration's crackdowns on immigrants is causing a profound change in the labor force right now. Today on the show: are immigrants still showing up for work?
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The U.S. price premium surged past the global benchmark to hit record highs this week, in reaction to President Trump's proposal to place a 50% tariff on copper imports.
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Katie Wagner, the supply chain director of an Iowa-based computer hardware maker, talks about how her company expects their bottom line to be hurt if the U.S. follows through on threats to impose retaliatory tariffs on trading partners starting Aug. 1.
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The Congressional Budget Office has recently come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for its budgetary analysis of President Trump's domestic policy law.
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President Trump's threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs on Aug. 1 if nations haven't negotiated trade deals by then.
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The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economics studies.
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Government statistics show the number of people taking second jobs is near highs last seen during the Great Recession.
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The recently passed plan will benefit middle-class and wealthy folks more than low-income families.
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The dollar has just posted its worst first-half of a year since 1973. And now investors wonder — is it a sign that America is losing its financial standing?
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President Trump says his administration will start sending letters out to countries this week notifying them of new tariff rates if they don't have a deal with the U.S. before a new Aug. 1 deadline.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Philip Luck, former deputy chief economist at the State Department in the Biden administration, about how trade negotiations affect the U.S. economy.
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The federal immigration crackdown has raised concerns among agricultural workers. In Washington, growers say it's leading to a labor shortage during cherry season.