Segments From This Episode

• The retail sales paradox

  by David Brancaccio

  Shoppers in March were vigorously buying despite their expressed anxieties about the future. Why? Let's turn to Susan Schmidt, portfolio manager at Exchange Capital Resources, for more.

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• Organic produce is 53% more expensive than conventional, a study finds. Tariffs might shrink that gap

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  We import less than 5% of the organic stuff, compared to more than a third of the conventional kind.

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• A federal agency shut down by the Trump administration is fighting back

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  The U.S. African Development Foundation, known as USADF, had millions of dollars worth of grants and projects halted by the administration in March. The federal agency’s board is fighting back in court.

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