Marketplace Stories

Consumers have been downgrading their discretionary spending.

President Donald Trump is not the first to promise glory on the other side of a tariff wall.

After booming early in the pandemic, apartment construction has fallen off. That means fewer new units and higher rents in the coming years.

Services also account for about a third of U.S. exports.

It won’t be easy to move clothing assembly — or the manufacturing of fabric, buttons and zippers — to the U.S.

An excerpt from the latest season of “How We Survive.”

Through uncertainty about the economic future of the U.S., community banks remain resilient and reliable safe haven as consumers look to save their money.

Sales rose nearly 8% compared to a year earlier.

“As materials’ cost balloon the way they have these past couple of weeks … I can’t continue to sell them at the prices that I was before,” said Isabel Dennis at KIMA Jewelry.

Uncertainty over tariffs and a wider economic downturn are forcing investors to be more cautious.