Federal regulations have raised fuel efficiency over the decades, even though the Trump administration and Congress have recently rolled those rules back.
Overall grocery inflation slowed to 1.9% year-over-year, but the picture is uneven. While egg prices are down nearly 45%, tariffs and supply chain pressures are pushing some produce prices higher.
Asking rents dropped more than 1.5% in February, and apartment supply is growing in some major metros. But shelter costs, which make up about a third of the CPI, are still showing a 3% annual increase.
Your trash might be worthless to you, but it’s a multibillion-dollar industry. Some states actually make money on trash, which might be keeping them from finding alternatives.
Long-term unemployment is defined as six months or more without work. The number of Americans in that group is up more than 300,000 over the past year, even as the overall jobless rate holds at 4.3%.
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with the CEO of Radiant Nuclear about trying to make portable microreactors for data centers, military bases, and more.
When mortgage rates dipped to 6%, experts anticipated a big year for homebuyers who had been sitting on the sidelines. But then came the war in Iran, which drove rates back up.
