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News Articles: Economy

The boundaries of Savannah's inaugural four affordable housing overlay district zones, as proposed by city staff and approved by councilmembers.

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  • Politics

'Maintain Savannah for Savannahians': City Council approves zoning map to boost affordable housing

The push for higher-density development comes as nearly half of Savannah renters find themselves "cost-burdened," spending more than 30% of their income on housing.

April 25, 2025
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
DigiKey is one of the world's largest marketplaces for electronic components, shipping global orders from a single warehouse in Thief River Falls, Minn.

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  • Business

A small U.S. town grew a big company. Can it weather the tariff blizzard?

A rural Minnesota town is home to the biggest tech giant you've never heard of. Now it's riding out an unprecedented kind of storm.

April 25, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A customer shops for groceries at a Chicago supermarket.

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  • Business

Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

Makers of our food and home essentials, including Pepsi and Procter & Gamble, are cutting their financial forecasts for the year and predicting lower sales or profits than before.

April 25, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Jason Furman, professor at Harvard Kennedy School, speaks at a panel discussion during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.

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  • Economy

Why Fed independence matters, according to economist Jason Furman

NPR talks with Jason Furman, an economist and Harvard professor, about Trump's management of the economy.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep
Customers visit an Apple Store in Beijing, April 10.

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  • Economy

Stocks gain on hopes Trump will ease tensions with the Fed -- and China

The Dow Jones advanced after Trump said he wouldn't fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell and on hopes of easing tensions over tariffs with China.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam and
  • Scott Horsley
Trump said he does not intend to fire Powell after he has attacked the Federal Reserve Chair for not lowering interest rates.

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  • Business

President Trump says he has 'no intention' to fire Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell

President Trump said Tuesday he had "no intention" of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ending days of speculation about the independence of the central bank that had roiled the financial markets.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Washington Desk / NPR staff
President Trump announced his latest tariffs at a Rose Garden event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2. The International Monetary Fund cut its forecasts for the global economy this year, citing the risks from an all-out trade war.

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  • Economy

The global economy will be hit hard by Trump's tariffs, IMF warns

The International Monetary Fund slashed its growth forecasts for the global economy to 2.8% as President Trump's tariffs risk sparking a trade war.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
Something rare is happening on Wall Street: Stocks, bonds and the dollar are all falling at the same time — and investors are debating why.

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  • Business

Sell USA? Why Trump's tariffs may be sparking a historic storm on Wall Street

When Trump announced sweeping tariffs this month, he called it "Liberation Day." But there are fears that it may well have been the day foreign investors started to lose faith in the United States.

April 21, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
People walk past a screen showing the CSI 300 Index at a shopping mall in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province.

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  • Business

China warns of 'countermeasures' against any deals that harm its interests

The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China.

April 21, 2025
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Munchkin CEO Steve Dunn says tariffs will impact the availability of baby products.

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  • Economy

How tariffs could impact the availability of baby products

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steven Dunn founder and CEO of Munchkin a U.S.-based company selling lifestyle products for mothers, babies and children. Dunn has written an open letter to President Trump and Congress about how tariffs could harm his business and American families.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Brianna Scott,
  • and 1 more
Powell says he's determined to serve out the rest of his term, which runs through spring of 2026. In the picture, Powell departs after speaking at an an Economic Club of Chicago event in Chicago on April 16, 2025.

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  • Economy

Trump calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's 'termination' in blistering attack

President Trump lashed out at Powell for not acting sooner to lower interest rates. The president's own tariffs make that more difficult, by putting upward pressure on prices.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Georgia Department of Labor

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  • Economy

Georgia unemployment remains flat in March

Georgia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.6% last month, six-tenths of a percentage point lower than the national rate.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Dave Williams and
  • Capitol Beat News Service
A worker pushes a wine barrel into a storage facility at Hunnicutt winery in St. Helena, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2021.

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  • Business

Tariffs make sour grapes for American winemakers

American winemakers tell us why tariffs hurt their industry.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Willa Rubin
Specialist Gennaro Saporito works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

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  • Business

U.S. stocks drop as Nvidia slides and the fog of Trump's trade war thickens

The S&P 500 sank 2.2% after falling as much as 3.3% earlier. Such an amount would have vied for one of its worst losses in years before the historic swings that have upended Wall Street in recent weeks.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Toyota and Lexus cars unloaded from ships sit parked at the Toyota Logistics Services Inc. automotive processing terminal at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., on April 10.

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  • Economy

Retail sales jump as people rush to buy cars ahead of tariffs

The key driver of the economy saw the biggest increase in over two years in March, as car buyers tried to get ahead of President Trump's tariffs on imported autos and auto parts.

April 16, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh
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