Marketplace Morning Report Stories

The CDFI fund supports mission-driven lenders operating in rural, tribal, and otherwise underserved parts of the country. Last year, it awarded over $400 million to those institutions. 

Economists at EY-Parthenon forecast a modest 2.5% increase in holiday spending, but it’s due in part by gifts being more expensive this year. So what are budget-minded shoppers to do?

If the economy goes south, it could affect the ability of working people to continue making payments. And that could affect the banks’ bottom lines.

Actors, stage managers, and producers are heading back to the negotiating table after musicians voted to authorize a strike.

Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University thinks that AI can help humanity be more prosperous. Institutions and politics just have to keep up.

There are almost 250,000 Chinese students in the U.S. this fall — a 36% drop from the 2017 peak.

As the government shutdown wears on, federal employees have begun to miss paychecks. But contract workers at government facilities face different repercussions.

Big companies are thinking that in a time of economic uncertainty, bigger is better.

Pope Leo XIV’s first teaching called on Catholics to engage with and help solve poverty.

On Monday, the winners of the prize were announced — and much of their work is salient at a time when AI threatens disruption to economies.