The four dollar threshold

Segments From This Episode

• Gas prices hit $4 a gallon again

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Oil prices could have been even higher, but, for now, investors expect Iran and the U.S. to come back to the negotiating table.

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• Regional bank earnings will tell us a lot about the health of the economy

  by Justin Ho

  

  While big banks reported blockbuster quarters driven by trading revenue and investment fees, regional lenders — which focus on traditional deposit-taking and lending — are about to give a different read on the economy.

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• All engines go as U.S. shipping speeds up

  by Kai Ryssdal and Nicholas Guiang

  

  After a slow start to 2026, U.S. shipping companies are filling up inventory before more suspected tariffs begin in 2027.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Starter home supply is starting to pick up, particularly in the South

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The number of “starter homes” on the U.S. market hit a record low in 2022. The supply is starting to rise in some parts of the country, though sales are not.

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• For this Texas park worker, home is about the location — not the house

  by Sean McHenry

  

  “It was just a matter of being there, realizing OK, I can't experience this place unless I'm here,” said Brian Evaul, a maintenance supervisor at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

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