Segments From This Episode

• The Macro Picture

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  Kai talks to Martha Gimbel, director of The Budget Lab at Yale about the dollar, bonds, fiscal pressures on the budget deficit, and all of the other stuff weighing in on the economy right now.

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• Airplanes land in the middle of the U.S.-China tariff standoff

  by Henry Epp

  

  Chinese airlines have reportedly been told to stop taking delivery of Boeing jets, and at least two new jets have left the country. It’s one way U.S trade policy could hit airplane makers, which had operated tariff-free since 1980.

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• In this housing market, sellers are finally having to make concessions

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  More home sellers are having to sweeten the deal, with things like mortgage rate buy downs, or shelling out to pay for home repairs.

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• To improve their home loan prospects, a Delaware couple bumped up their wedding date

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  “My mortgage loan guy said the VA would have denied us getting the amount of the loan that we wanted without my wife's income in part as well,” said Eric Reineman. Two weeks later, they tied the knot.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Consumers are struggling with their credit card balances, Fed study finds

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  Late card payments and minimum payments are at a record high, the Philadelphia Fed says. Seasonal and longer-term factors have led to the rise.

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• Student visa cancellations could hurt U.S. innovation

  by Matt Levin

  

  Anxiety spreads as Trump administration revokes over 1,000 student visas. Many international learners fill jobs in science and technology.

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