Economy

Businesses Pulled Into Natural Disaster Preparations

8:02pm September 13, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

In preparing for a natural disaster like the impending Hurricane Florence, companies like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Walgreens have become a major part of the nation's emergency planning process.

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A Decade Later, America's Response To The Financial Crisis

8:02pm September 13, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Cardiff Garcia, host of the economics podcast The Indicator, about how people who lived through the financial crisis — and suffered from it — changed their behavior.

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Economy

The Price Of Rice In Japan

4:03pm September 13, 2018

Demand for Japanese-grown rice is falling. But prices are still going up.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has taken several actions to delay the Obama-era student borrower protection rule.

Student Borrowers And Advocates Win Court Case Against DeVos

3:22pm September 13, 2018

A judge ruled Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' delay of borrower protection rules was "unlawful" and "arbitrary and capricious."

The Big Iron Farm Show draws thousands of farmers and farm equipment-makers to a fairground in West Fargo, N.D. For many this year, concerns about crop yields have been eclipsed by worries about President Trump's trade policies.

Farmers Hope For China Trade Deal, But For Now They Worry About Tariffs' Impact

3:03pm September 13, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

At the Big Iron Farm Show in North Dakota, the usual concerns about crops have been heightened by another big worry: a trade war with China that's already driven soybean prices down sharply.

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Turkey's Central Bank Defies Erdogan With Drastic Interest Rate Hike

12:37pm September 13, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

These days it's rare for Turkish officials to contradict President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has vowed not to raise rates. But that's what happened Thursday, in an urgent bid to save a deflating lira.

Five Years After Start Of Financial Crisis, Wall Street Continues To Hum

Economy

The Great Recession, Ten Years Later

4:41pm September 12, 2018

Should we steel ourselves for another financial crisis?

Economy

Pickup Artist: How The Ford F-Series Took Over America

4:41pm September 12, 2018

There goes (varoom! varoom!) that leather-seated (thphhhhhh!) 4G-connected king cab F-150 (rahghhh!) around the bend (brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)…

Economy

Free Tuition; False Economy?

4:10pm September 12, 2018

Why free tuition may make for better politics than economics.

Images of President Trump and former President Barack Obama are on television as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

FACT CHECK: Who Gets Credit For The Booming U.S. Economy?

12:45pm September 12, 2018

by Scott Horsley

President Trump and former President Obama both claim credit for the economy. Democrats argue that Trump inherited an economy that was already strong, while Republicans insist he turned it around.