Kai Ryssdal finds a credit-crisis snapshot in St. Louis, where developers worry about getting loans for their projects and a restaurant owner hears customers stories of lost jobs and homes.
It may not be the best time to buy a new vehicle, but used car salesman Morton McArthur remains optimistic. New York Bureau Chief Amy Scott caught up with him at his lot outside of Cincinnati, Ohio for our Road to Ruin.
Judging from the unemployment figures, the financial crisis is affecting regional economies all over the country. The state of Georgia, in particular, is feeling a lot of the pain. Steve Henn reports.
As part of our series Interested Parties, we're talking to different voters and getting their thoughts about the economy. Today we hear from Rafeeq Jaber, a certified financial planner from Illinois.
At $4 a gallon, gas prices are a sting for truckers. So what do they feel the government should do about it? Mitchell Hartman pulled into a truck stop in Portland, Oregon to pick the brain of independent truckers.
Tess Vigeland spent the weekend in Denver working on "Road to Ruin?" our series on how Americans are faring. Colorado is one of the big swing states, and she asks if the economy will affect how people vote.
The credit crisis is spreading like a bad flu. It's affecting construction, automakers and retail outlets. And, as reporter Steve Henn learns, more layoffs are on the way.
Layoffs were at a staggering 95,000 employees in September, with the financial industry the fourth-largest job cutter. Dan Grech reports Wall Street's bad numbers will start to show in a few weeks.
Marketplace's financial road trip continues this morning in Charlotte, N.C., where New York City Bureau Chief Amy Scott explores the wide effects Citigroup's purchase of Wachovia's banking business has on the city.
Today GM executives will announce a new $359 million auto plant opening in distressed Flint, Mich. Workers there will build fuel-efficient engines for the Volt and Cruze models. Mitchell Hartman reports.
