"Resilience" is the word of the week

Segments From This Episode

• Big banks remark on "resilience" of U.S. consumers

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The word “resilient” came up in multiple earnings calls this week.

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• Behind America's consumer goods, Vietnamese factories like this one

  by Kai Ryssdal, Nela Richardson, Maria Hollenhorst and Sean McHenry

  

  American consumption helps drive the global economy. The workers powering it are halfway across the world.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• How small businesses are preparing for tariff refunds

  by Nova Safo

  

  Federal customs authorities are set to begin processing refunds next week for import taxes struck down by the Supreme Court. But for small businesses, the process could get complicated.

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• China spent years preparing for this oil scramble

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  China had more than a billion barrels of crude oil in reserve when the war in Iran disrupted the market. The country has also spent years diversifying its energy sources and accelerating electrification.

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• At Buffalo, N.Y., plant shop, business is touch and go as locals await spring

  by Andie Corban

  Johanna Dominguez, owner of Put a Plant On It, said the prolonged cold weather plus nervousness among consumers has led to a decrease in sales.

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