Segments From This Episode

• Will the bond market act as a spoiler for GOP's "big, beautiful" tax bill?

  by Matt Levin

  

  Historically, bond investors more or less swallow the debt the U.S. government takes on, but this time they may be less inclined to do so.

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• What kinds of companies can easily move manufacturing to the U.S.?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Kraft Heinz just announced plans to invest $3 billion in its U.S. plants. But companies that make clothes and toys, which have low margins and are difficult to produce with robots, will have a harder time relocating.

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• Grocery store generics have had a glow up

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  

  Hungry for lower prices, shoppers are reaching for generic brand goods. “The quality of the food is good, and it tastes good,” says The Atlantic’s Ellen Cushing.

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• Home price may be king, but location still matters for this first-time homeowner

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  “Even though I only live, like, 35 minutes away from the city, or 45 minutes by metro, it’s just a little inconvenient for people,” said William Craver in Herndon, Virginia.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• How the PPI can predict changes in consumer prices

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The federal government’s producer price index can show when higher prices are coming soon to a retailer near you.

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• Efforts to build high-speed rail could slow down under Trump

  by Henry Epp

  

  The Trump administration is moving to pull back some promised federal funding from high-speed rail projects in California and Texas.

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