Segments From This Episode

• Mixed data for manufacturing this month suggests uncertainty

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  S&P Global’s Purchasing Managers’ Index went up – and the Institute for Supply Management’s went down in February, as firms anticipate tariffs.

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• What if the U.S. just deleted government spending from GDP?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.

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• Soybean research program, a “win-win-win,” is a victim of USAID cuts

  by Kai Ryssdal and Nicholas Guiang

  

  The Soybean Innovation Lab addressed poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, but it was also “a huge opportunity” for U.S. growers, says Peter Goldsmith of the University of Illinois.

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• Two-thirds of Americans have been victims of fraud or a scam, survey finds

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  Nearly three-quarters of respondents who said they’re taking measures to protect themselves have been targeted.

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• Bird flu is spreading on farms. What’s being done to prevent it?

  by Samantha Fields

  

  The Biden administration spent upwards of $2 billion on bird flu monitoring and prevention. Trump’s administration just announced another billion. Where is it money going?

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• Some artists are embracing AI

  by Meghan McCarty Carino and Jack Shields

  

  New text-to-image generative AI tools raise ethical and economic questions for working artists. But some see new business opportunities.

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