Economy

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (from left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He gather for a meeting in Beijing on May 1. They are due to meet again in Shanghai this week.

As U.S.-China Trade Talks Resume, A Deal Remains Uncertain

3:52pm July 29, 2019

by Scott Horsley

U.S. trade negotiators are heading to Shanghai for talks with their Chinese counterparts this week, but there appears to be little pressure for a settlement in the year-old conflict.

Fact Check: Do State Health Plan Changes Deny State Employees Access To Care?

1:02pm July 29, 2019

by Elizabeth Thompson

Hospitals have rallied against Republican State Treasurer Dale Folwell's new health care program, saying it will hurt state employees.

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In India, Millennials Face A Tough Job Market With Unemployment At 4-Decade High

4:28pm July 26, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

India's economy is growing, but job creation has not kept pace. Unemployment is at a four-decade high. Hardest hit are educated millennials, whose ambitions are bigger than those of their parents.

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Economy

The U.S. Has Nearly 1.9 Billion Acres Of Land. Here's How It Is Used

4:28pm July 26, 2019

The U.S. is a big place, nearly 1.9 billion acres. Stacey Vanek Smith and Cardiff Garcia from NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator, look at how all that land is divvied up.

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A container ship is unloaded at the Port of Oakland in California. A drop in exports contributed to a slowdown in U.S. economic growth in the second quarter.

U.S. Economy Slows: Trump's 3% Growth Pledge Now In Rearview Mirror

12:21pm July 26, 2019

by Avie Schneider

The U.S. growth rate fell to 2.1% in the second quarter amid a slowdown in exports. The Trump administration has targeted a growth rate of 3% or above, citing the Republican tax cuts passed in 2017.

Nissan announced that it will cut 12,500 jobs globally to reduce costs after a big drop in profits in the first quarter.

Nissan Is Cutting 12,500 Jobs; Latest Sign Of Trouble For The Auto Industry

3:42pm July 25, 2019

by Amy Scott

Battered by a drop in sales and profits, Nissan plans cuts around the world — including more than 1,400 jobs in the United States. It's the latest sign of tumultuous times for the car industry.

Economy

Boeing Reveals Financial Damage From Grounding Of 737 Max Planes

11:53am July 24, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

Officials from Boeing provide new details about its troubled 737 Max planes while disclosing the financial damage that the grounding has caused.

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Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, Pa. Officials with the school district are not responding to several offers to settle debt students accrued from not paying for cafeteria meals.

Offers Pour In To Cover Pa. Students' Meal Debt, But School Officials Not Interested

10:28am July 24, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

After district officials threatened to turn children over to foster care for the unpaid amount, a prominent media figure and a corporate CEO offered to settle the debt but were rebuffed.

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News Brief: Robert Mueller, DOJ's Tech Review, Pa. School's Lunch Debt

9:09am July 24, 2019

Ex-special counsel Robert Mueller testifies Wednesday before 2 House panels. DOJ launches a review into major tech firms. And a Pennsylvania school district rebuffs donor efforts to pay lunch debts.

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Water is finally receding from Robert Henry's fields near New Madrid, Mo. But for most of this land, it's too late to plant crops.

As Climate Changes, Taxpayers Will Shoulder Larger U.S. Payouts To Farmers

6:17am July 24, 2019

by Dan Charles

That's good for farmers but bad for taxpayers, who subsidize government-backed crop insurance. The fate of research that forecasts these costs is in doubt as economists and scientists leave the USDA.