Segments From This Episode

• Lets break down that jobs report

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  Kai talks with Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, about today’s jobs report and what it says about the macroeconomic picture.

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• The jobs report shows local governments going on a hiring spree. Did they?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  It turns out there was not a surge in hiring. Instead, the seasonal adjustment to the data, meant to account for schools getting out, may have distorted the numbers in June.

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• Immigration and the future of California farming

  by Matt Levin

  

  Over half of California farmworkers are undocumented. Recent raids have put the industry on edge.

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• Some importers have hit the brakes because of tariffs. Others don't have a choice.

  by Justin Ho

  

  Importers are finding lots of ways to deal with the uncertainty caused by the president’s import taxes.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Lower tariffs are still tariffs

  by Samantha Fields

  

  A 10% or 20% tariff is it’s still a significant tax on imports — that Americans will pay.

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• Could public lands help alleviate the housing shortage in the West?

  by Savannah Peters

  

  The GOP’s plan to put a for-sale sign on millions of acres of federal land out West was just nixed. But the idea has been kicking around Washington for years.

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