A sizzling heat wave is baking Texas and impacting the health of its most vulnerable workers. Plus, a mortgage rate blast from the past.
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks with Amara Omeokwe at The Wall Street Journal and Jordyn Holman at The New York Times about what’s propping up retail spending and whether revenge spending has made consumers more resilient.
If the Federal Reserve needs to keep interest rates higher to continue battling inflation, 10-year yields will have to compete.
The highest mortgage rates in 20 years are now coupled with high home prices — bringing angst to many homebuyers.
The average 401(k) balance is a tenth of what a middle-class person would need to maintain their lifestyle, one expert says.
The National Park Service wants to turn the original First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia into a museum.