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2 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Wailin Wong |Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Kate Concannon

It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today's episode: the monetary cost of Trump's military parade, looks like FEMA could be phased out, and another change to Warner Bros. Discovery. Related episodes: Coyote vs. Warner Bros. Discovery (Apple / Spotify) Gilded Age 2.0? (Apple / Spotify)For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Darian Woods |Wailin Wong |Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Kate Concannon

15 hours agoSocial Security retirement claims tend to follow a seasonal pattern each year, and they increase over time with the aging of the population, says Jack Smalligan, senior policy fellow at the Urban Institute. But this spring, something different happened, he says: an unexpected surge in the number of …

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee |Sylvie Douglis

4 hours agoHe was trapped in a 20-foot pit. Then he pulled off the ultimate escape. With no way out, he remembered a physics trick—and it saved him. A viral video from China has people questioning the laws of gravity—and then …NowS&P 500 hits highest level since February after cooling trade tensions, better-than-expected jobs dataNew York CNN — Wall Street this week cautiously rallied, betting President Donald Trump might take a softer tone on his trade war.

1 month ago | wrvo.org | Jeff Guo |Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Jess Jiang |James Sneed

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Think of it as the official place it comes from. And this is the country that counts for calculating tariffs. But what does it really mean when something is a "Product of China"? How much of it actually comes from China? And how do customs officials draw the line? Here in the U.S., the rules are delightfully counterintuitive.

1 month ago | npr.org | Jeff Guo |Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Jess Jiang |James Sneed

What "Made in China" actually means Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249592921/1269275951" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A 'made in China' sticker is seen on a shipping crate of items seized by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for further inspection at the Air Freight Federal Inspection Facility near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on February 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Patrick T....