Marketplace Stories

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

Companies that issue junk bonds start out paying high interest rates. Now that investors are worried about the economy, they’ll be paying even more.

The greenback falls to a 10-year low against the Swiss franc. A sense of risk around U.S. assets is undermining their safe-haven status.

Tariffs could hike the costs of accidents and further strain the insurance industry.

You might get around tariffs by lying about what goods you’re importing, their value or where they’re from. But the penalties are severe.

Even high earners feel sour about price inflation and the rising cost of housing.

A government debt sale this week went poorly because potential buyers were spooked by tariffs.

For many millennials, the answer has an overwhelming impact on how they feel about the economy.

The president’s executive orders calling for an end to DEI across the federal government is set to change the way tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts are awarded.

Businesses, consumers and the Fed are moving carefully because of uncertainty, says Raphael Bostic. “When the fog gets thicker, you're going to pull over and wait.”