Week of June 16th, 2025

For the past month and a half, car repair shops — and their clients — have paid a 25% tariff on some auto parts. Plus, manufacturing employment, urban water recreation and collegiate ultimate frisbee.

There’s an emerging trend among cities to treat their rivers as recreational assets. But for those with histories of pollution, it requires some convincing.

A repair shop in South Burlington, Vermont has seen some surprise price hikes for auto parts since tariffs took effect.

For a lot of colleges, ultimate frisbee is an inexpensive way to attract talent that wouldn't otherwise come to their school, says Xavier Martinez at The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. collects billions in tariff revenue each year and it all ends up with the U.S. Treasury.

Manufacturers face increased costs from tariffs and are putting off hiring more workers.

The budget bill under the microscope.

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has upped lobbying in Washington to keep the social media platform in app stores.

Should climate-conscious investors divest or engage more?

The company has 90 more days to come up with some kind of deal to avoid getting banned from U.S. app stores.

The consulting industry has been facing some headwinds lately, from a drop in government contracts to changing spending priorities at businesses.

How effective is divestment at reducing greenhouse gas emissions? We’ll discuss.

From the BBC World Service: Vacation rental giant Airbnb has lost its appeal against the Spanish government, which ordered the platform to block 66,000 listings from the country.

Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Nova Safo on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

The number of homes selling above asking price hit a low not seen since spring 2020. Plus: Oklahoma schools tackle gambling addictions in the classroom and a ballet shoe company struggles with tariffs and a warehouse fire.

As more states adopt personal finance education requirements, they are tailoring the classwork to help students navigate their local economies.

One reason? More inventory.

The Trump administration's downsizing plans create ripple effects beyond job losses, putting essential services like daycare on federal properties at risk.

A Pennsylvania pointe shoe company lost everything in a warehouse fire. U.S. trade policy is making starting over even harder.

A lot of the fierce support for Black-owned businesses following the murder of George Floyd has since quieted.

Tulsa’s mayor recently announced a $105 million reparations plan, but action at the federal level remains long-stalled.

Major studios are filming more and more outside Los Angeles in states like Georgia and New York.

Five years after George Floyd’s murder, several Black business owners reflect on navigating support that ebbs and flows.

Uncertainty still looms over manufacturers’ decisions about whether to pass on tariff costs and what to do about hiring.

Tulsa joins a number of localities aiming to chip away at the racial wealth gap. But what about at the federal level?

From the BBC World Service: Mixed signals from President Donald Trump about whether to get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran are causing volatility in global oil prices.

Despite having free primary schools, children in Malawi are lagging behind. There's a lack of teachers and basic resources, but the government has gone for a high-tech solution.

Plus: New estimates show the GOP reconciliation bill will cost way more than it brings in and AI might not be a boon to all workers.

The volume of containers entering U.S. ports has stagnated over continued fears regarding Trumps foreign trade policy. “Marketplace” spoke to one drayage company about how it is trying to read the tea leaves ahead of the busy summer months.

So far, the conflict between Israel and Iran hasn’t caused oil prices to spike too high, but economists are watching.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that if the House bill were to pass as written, the deficit would increase by almost $3 trillion.

Big jumps in living standards can follow productivity increases from new technology, but broadly shared prosperity is never a sure thing.

Despite her success, Caroline To, known professionally as Your Smith struggled to envision a secure financial future. After pursuing other business ventures, she found more freedom in her music.

The Senate’s version of the “Big Beautiful Bill” proposes more aggressive cuts to Medicaid.

Financial markets are strangely calm so far this morning, given — among other things — continued hostilities between Israel and Iran.

Sister Monica Clare had to pay off more than $100,000 before becoming a nun.

After news broke that Mind Springs Health was pursuing a contract with ICE to serve immigrant detainees at an inpatient facility in Grand Junction, calls and inquiries from community members surged, forcing the nonprofit to abandon the potential partnership.

Scary movies accounted for nearly 11% of the domestic box office take last year, according to Comscore. Contrast that to 2014, when just 4% came from horror.

Today, we hear about a mental health facility in Colorado that decided not to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

From the BBC World Service: Japanese auto exports to the United States fell by nearly a quarter last month.

Georgetown University research professor Renee DiResta explains how online coverage of the Los Angeles protests against immigration raids are becoming more politically polarized and increasingly harder to verify thanks to AI.

Food banks have less to give this summer since the federal government cut millions in USDA funding.

Many food banks are also facing USDA funding cuts and ICE fears among clients. Plus: Retail sales, baby necessities, the U.S. dollar, and more.

For much of the past 80 years, the greenback has served as the world’s reserve currency. There are signs that’s starting to shift.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has a number of advantages for homeowners and investors. But it wasn’t always the norm.

The vast majority of baby gear sold in the U.S. is made in China. Prices have already started to rise.

The answer isn’t so straightforward – it curls.

Get ready for the Public Radio Foosball Tournament!

That’s important because consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of GDP.

It extends several business tax breaks that were set to expire at the end of the year.

Yuanrun Zheng gives us an inside look at what it’s like reselling sneakers for a living.

The Trump Organization is promising a new wireless service — called Trump Mobile — and releasing a new, gold smartphone.

No major phone manufacturer has built its devices in the U.S. for at least a decade, and there’s not much infrastructure left here.

“The good news is also coming out of the COVID shutdown, a lot more energy in the music industry is focused on sustainability in a real way,” said REVERB’s Adam Gardner.

A new study finds interest among music lovers for sustainable modes of transportation to concert venues. But is the infrastructure there?

From the BBC World Service: Last year, BYD sold more electric cars worldwide than Tesla.

Joseph Cox, reporter at the tech news site 404 Media, says data analytics company Palantir has been working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to track migrants in real time.

A slate of economic data out this week should help them make sense of this muddy economy. Plus, climate change complicates homeownership and streaming services fine-tune their homepages.

The creep of a ghoulish holiday into this sunny season might seem a bit odd, but the sales are there for retailers.

Banks in Japan, England and elsewhere are weighing how tariffs will impact their national economies.

Unfortunately, even hard data may not help them get a clear picture of what’s going on in this economy.

There’s design — and dollars — behind what you see when you open Netflix, Disney+ and other services.

President Donald Trump’s 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs made domestic production more lucrative. But higher prices will cause hardship throughout the manufacturing sector.

We break down the GOP’s big tax and spending bill.

Today, we're continuing to track what more restrictive immigration policy could mean for the U.S. economy.

Dan Behm has spent years clearing sand from his Michigan property to keep nearby dunes at bay, hoping to protect a family cottage that’s been part of their summers for generations.

One scholar says the effects of more restrictive immigration policy stand to impact the economy at least as much as tariffs.

The Trump administration says that for $5 million, successful applicants would get a fast track to U.S. permanent residency and citizenship.

On today’s show: a look at Trump’s “gold card” visa and a “golden" share” in Nippon’s deal to buy U.S. Steel.

From the BBC World Service: There have been days of missile strikes between Israel and Iran, and oil markets are responding.

Making ships in the U.S. is a priority for current and former presidential administrations. But it won’t be easy.

There’s been a noticeable rise in cryptocurrency “wrench attacks,” where criminals extort people’s cryptocurrency with direct, physical violence.