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President Trump has ordered steep new tariffs on imported drugs, home furnishings, and trucks. The president's import taxes are pushing inflation higher. But that's not slowing consumer spending.
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Grocery prices are up nearly 30% since the start of the pandemic, and last month saw the biggest jump in three years.
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The median price of a house sold in the United States is down slightly, for the first time in years.
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The coffee giant plans to cut 900 corporate jobs and shut down about 1% of its stores as the chain's turnaround plan approaches a one-year mark.
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What even is the business of the S&P 500, and how does it make so much money?
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India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid President Trump's 50% tariff on imports from the country.
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On Friday, President Trump signed a new executive order that added a new $100,000 fee to companies for H-1B visas.
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Women make up only 4 percent of construction workers on job sites working with tools. Some are worried that tariffs on building supplies will slow down commercial building construction.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Publishers Clearing House winner Tamar Veatch, who stopped getting annual payments earlier this year as the company behind the sweepstakes fell into bankruptcy.
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In a new book, analyst Dan Wang uses "engineering state" vs. "lawyerly society" to explain how China got ahead and America stagnated.
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
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Can we know which jobs are more or less likely to be "taken" by artificial intelligence? Planet Money looks into what jobs might be immune from a robot takeover.