Segments From This Episode

• How are businesses responding to threat of new China tariffs?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Businesses have been dealing with tariff uncertainty since April, and it's starting to wear some of them down.

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• GDP growth seems to be picking up steam

  by Henry Epp

  

  But it might be a product of businesses holding back on imports after going on an import binge earlier this year to avoid tariffs.

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• The Bureau of Labor Statistics should be entering "reference week" right now

  by Kai Ryssdal, Andie Corban and Sarah Leeson

  

  In non-shutdown times, the BLS would be collecting employment data this week. Not doing that could have economic implications.

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• An LA costume designer builds worlds through archives

  by Iru Ekpunobi

  

  It’s been a really tough year for workers in the film and television industry, especially for crew, like costume designer Nancy Steiner. Still, she loves what she does.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Why "break-even" employment has seen a dramatic shift

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Break-even employment is a sort of balance figure between the number of job seekers and the number of jobs available.

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• California explores possibility of public GPU infrastructure

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Only a few companies can now afford to build and study the most advanced AI models. That has big implications for independent nonprofit research.

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