Segments From This Episode

• Trump takes "unusual" hands-on approach to individual business dealings

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  Can the president meddle in individual companies’ affairs? Should he? We discuss.

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• Trump's tariffs are making it hard to predict where the global oil market is going

  by Henry Epp

  

  When companies are paying higher import taxes, they have less money to spend on energy-hungry projects.

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• Demand for shipbuilding is down, another signal of global economic uncertainty

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  New vessel orders were down more than 50% in the first half of this year, compared to the first half last year according to Clarksons, a ship brokerage.

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• Why a Massachusetts woman bought her first home at 75 years old

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  The average age for a first-time homeowner is 38, but not all buyers enter the market at the same time.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• What does Trump's 100% tariff on semiconductors mean for consumers?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Trump has promised to exempt chip makers that invest in the U.S., but prices will still likely go up on a wide range of electronics.

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• Amid years of inflation, prices for some goods have actually dropped

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Although overall inflation has been high since the pandemic hit, some consumer goods and services have stagnated or gone down in price over the last five to six years.

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