Segments From This Episode

• We're about to see what happens when shaky consumers meet higher prices

  by Henry Epp

  

  Consumer spending wasn’t particularly strong last month, and Walmart will be raising prices soon, clearing the way for other retailers to do the same.

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• Tariffs aimed at bringing business back to the U.S. are actually driving it to Canada

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  While many Canadian companies are hurting because of the trade war, some are booming as clients look for ways to avoid doing business in the U.S.

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• To import or not to import

  by Nicholas Guiang

  Todd Adams, president of Sanitube, shares his plans for the next 90 days as he decides what to import from factories in China.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Data centers give natural gas companies a boost

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  New analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights shows U.S. natural gas companies are catching up to oil companies in their valuations amid demand growth from AI and foreign importers of liquefied natural gas.

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• Homebuilders see a bright future, but are stuck in the present

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  There's a lot of pent-up demand for new homes, but homebuilders are facing a combination of high interest rates, labor shortages and tariffs on construction materials.

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• Small farms struggle under Trump's cuts to USDA grant funding

  by Savannah Peters

  

  Under President Trump, the USDA is rolling back programs intended to strengthen local food supply chains. Small scale farmers are most affected.

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