Marketplace Morning Report Stories

In an uncertain economy, equipment purchases can be less risky than new hires. Capital expenditures can also help companies deal with a tightening labor supply.

The tax and spending law, passed last summer, expands on President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, making it easier for big corporations to pay less in federal income taxes.

Uncertainty and sudden conflict almost always make mortgage rates more volatile.

The Environmental Protection Agency scrapped the “endangerment finding.” Here’s what that means for the auto industry and for emissions standards.

The tariff on imported goods under $800 is still in effect even after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

A Supreme Court ruling reshuffled the tariff playbook — but for one tea shop in Virginia, the financial pressure keeps building.

Welcome to the new world of coding, where AI — instead of a human coder — can build apps and websites.

While the conflict could raise prices at the pump for American consumers, China will feel the biggest disruption to its energy market.

Economists say numbers that will be released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on unemployment and wage growth will help them get a sense of consumer’s spending power going forward.

A Maine lobsterman weighs recent catch levels, rising regulatory costs, and the future of the state’s lobster industry.