Economy

735 Stories

Is an AI bubble brewing? Shiller PE Ratio nears levels seen before dot-com crash

The economic indicator known as the Shiller PE Ratio is almost as high as it was in November 1999, just before the dot-com bubble burst. Is another bubble forming with AI?
- Darian Woods
3 questions about Trump's 50-year mortgage plan

Experts in the mortgage industry are skeptical. Buyers would pay less each month, but would end up paying more over time. Here's what to know about the proposed 50-year mortgages.
- Bill Chappell
Maine cultivates next generation of loggers

Maine's forest products industry is worth more than $8 billion. But its logging workforce is dwindling.
Trump floats tariff 'dividends' even while plan shows major flaws

President Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.
- Danielle Kurtzleben
What the push for affordability reveals about wealth inequality

Columbia University professor and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns that unchecked inequality is pushing America toward economic and political peril.
- Sacha Pfeiffer
Food pantries struggle in North Carolina, where 1 in 4 residents qualify for SNAP benefits

Food pantries were running low last week in a North Carolina county where one in four residents qualifies for SNAP assistance.
- Adam Wagner
The US will stop making pennies next year. Cash-only businesses are already affected

Penny production will stop next year. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Wake Forest Economics Professor Robert Whaples about the penny shortage already hitting some businesses.
- Ayesha Rascoe
Many would-be buyers are frozen out of the housing market

Only about one in five homes sold in the last year went to a first-time buyer. And the average person buying their first home was 40 years old — a record high. A new report from the National Association of Realtors shows how challenging it's become for young people to get a foothold in today's costly housing market.
- Scott Horsley
In upstate New York, the shutdown means hunger and hard choices

From Saranac Lake, Emily Russell of North Country Public Radio reports on how families are scrambling to get by as vital aid programs remain frozen.
- Emily Russell
A closer look at Trump's tariffs, the impact and who's paying them

The Supreme Court is considering Trump's sweeping tariffs. Those tariffs are helping drive up prices, from coffee to furniture, and voters say the economy played a major role in this week's elections.
- Scott Simon

1 of 74

Economy

Sponsored