Marketplace Stories

Americans still buy a lot of big pick-up trucks. On top of that, the Trump administration ended subsidies for electric vehicles and stopped enforcing fuel efficiency rules.

Rebecca Holopter pops up at markets and events and paints 10-minute watercolor portraits of pets — from dogs and cats to pigeons and cockroaches.

Every dollar invested in trees generates roughly three dollars in benefits.

Energy and transportation are two areas where costs are rising for stores like Home Depot, Walmart, and Target, but raising prices could turn off an increasingly strapped consumer.

The Fed hasn’t always been so transparent about how it makes interest rate decisions.

There’s been a decades-long push to grow the workforce but many early career job seekers are hitting a firewall.

What companies say about future pricing can tell us how much consumers can really afford.

In “The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money,” journalist and financial historian Brendan Greeley looks at why the dollar is the most powerful currency in the world and how that power has shaped the global financial system.

New data from the National Home Builders Association shows some optimism in the housing market. But Realtors in markets from Seattle to Miami say the picture on the ground is complicated.

Despite the entertainment industry slowing, major players like Netflix and Amazon are spending big on short stories, sometimes by unknown writers.