“Marketplace” host Kimberly Adams talks tariffs, prices and the latest jobs report with Sudeep Reddy of Politico and Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post.
How tariffs could affect employment in the months ahead
by Stephanie Hughes
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March’s jobs report was decent. But sweeping changes to U.S. trade policy taking effect in early April may show up in next month’s numbers.
In booming West Texas, a growing community struggles to access running water
by Mitch Borden
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West Odessa is an unincorporated community in the heart of West Texas’ oil patch that has outgrown its water system, leaving many to buy and haul in their water.
The Numbers
by Kimberly Adams
Tariffs will hit consumers with the lowest incomes hardest. Here’s why.
by Caleigh Wells
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They simply have to spend a bigger slice of their income on necessities.
How New Mexico is trying to stabilize a broken child care market
by Savannah Peters
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In New Mexico, a family of four making up to $124,000 a year can now send their kids to day care for free. That’s twice the state’s median income.