The answer may surprise you (and depend on who you ask). Plus, the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” gets a Byrd bath, and we visit one of the youngest counties in the U.S.
We give a preview of the employment data out next week. Plus, Evan Osnos discusses his new book, “The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich.”
If the U.S. government takes on significantly more debt, mortgage rates and other borrowing costs will go up too. Plus, content creator production studios, orphan oil wells and tariff check-ins with a few small businesses.
After a collective downward spiral in April, American consumers are feeling a bit sunnier on the future of the economy. Plus: durable goods, bond yields, “maturing” craft breweries and personal data tracking device paranoia.
Consumers haven’t felt great about the economy’s future so far this year. As trade tensions ease, will that change? Plus, financial therapy, online travel agents and the Ground Round returns.
The WNBA added three new teams this season, at a time when launching a new company isn’t exactly ideal. Plus, international students at U.S. universities and lithium mining in Argentina.
If the federal government is going to issue more bonds, they’d better raise the interest rates. Plus, FAFSA backlogs, rural entrepreneurs and a first-time homeowner.
