Segments From This Episode

• What's in the new U.S.-UK trade deal?

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Specifics are still TBD, but the U.K. got a reprieve on auto, steel and aluminum tariffs, while the U.K. may open up to more U.S. agricultural products.

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• Consumers are feeling worse about their finances. How much does that tell us about the economy?

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Consumers’ expectations about their own personal financial situations declined sharply in April, according to the New York Fed. But their inflation expectations didn't change much.

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• To save federal dollars, crack down on tax cheats rather than student loans, says economist

  by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson

  

  “It’s more of a convenient moral gymnastics to say that people who cheat the federal government should be given a lighter touch than people who borrowed from it,” said economist Kathryn Anne Edwards.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• U.S. labor productivity dropped in the first quarter

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  Productivity is tied to worker wages, so a drop can be cause for concern.

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• Business is business for one warehouse CEO at the Port of Baltimore

  by Amy Scott and Nicholas Guiang

  

  Despite the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last March, the Port of Baltimore reported its second-best year ever in 2024. But as expectations for 2025 waver, Sue Monaghan is trying to keep calm and carry on.

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• From game stores to remote control car aficionados, hobby lovers are hit by tariffs

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The National Retail Hobby Stores Association said that all of its members are seeing cost increases related to tariffs.

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