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12 hours ago | 
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Kenny Malone |Angel Carreras
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 Senate passes the GENIUS Act, the SALT cap might be DOA in the OBBB, and a gender split on the state of the economy. Related episodes: How stable is Stablecoin? (Apple / Spotify) Feeling inflation in the grocery storeFor sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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1 day ago | 
ctpublic.org | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma
SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
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1 day ago | 
kuow.org | Darian Woods
Why the business world is worried about proposed tax on remittances and 'revenge tax'For decades, the U.S. has welcomed the flow of foreign capital into the country. But two tax measures nestled into President Trump's spending package could change that.
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1 day ago | 
npr.org | Darian Woods
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1 week ago | 
wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Cooper McKim |Kate Concannon
For four decades, the US has maintained a consistent policy position: money should be fairly free to come and go in and out of the country. That's changing. Two sections in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would add friction. First is a 3.5% tax on immigrants sending money home, commonly known as remittances. Second is what's known as Section 899 or, colloquially, the 'revenge tax'. This one is making Wall Street wary.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Cooper McKim |Kate Concannon
3 hours agoWall Street is getting more and more worried about the potential loss of America's superpower status. Now its CEOs are cycling from denial and bargaining to public anger and depression. Since President Trump started unveiling his chaotic tariffs this spring, sparking waves of panic among global …
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2 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Adrian Ma |Darian Woods |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
To hear President Trump tell it, the late 1800s, i.e. the Gilded Age, was a period of unparalleled wealth and prosperity in the U.S. But this era was also marked by corruption and wealth inequality. Sound familiar? On today's show, is history repeating itself? Related episodes: Trump's tariff role model (Apple / Spotify) Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (Apple / Spotify)For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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2 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Wailin Wong |Paddy Hirsch |Corey Bridges
Today on the show – our crypto president. Just before President Donald Trump began his second administration in January, he and his business partners launched the $TRUMP coin. It's a memecoin that quickly raked in hundreds of millions of dollars. And there's a lot of earning potential still left on the table. Is that even legal? We bring you two stories from our daily show, The Indicator about President Trump and his ties to crypto. First, the Trump coin.
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2 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Cooper McKim |Kate Concannon
The U.S. government has tallied the economic impact of major natural disasters going back to 1980. State and local governments used this data for budgeting and planning. But last month, the administration retired its Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters disaster database. Today on the show, we speak to Adam Smith, the architect of the program, on the work he did and what might be next. Related episodes:How much is a weather forecast worth?
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3 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Angel Carreras
It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating numbers from the news. On today's episode, we examine: General Motors invests big in V-8s; U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel flirt with the Golden Share; Trump's tariffs just got more unpredictable. Related episodes: Dealmaker Don v.
