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1 day ago | 
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
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2 days ago | 
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
U.S. and China hit pause on tariff warFor the next 90 days, the two countries will temporarily ease tariffs on each other’s goods. But what does that mean for the broader economy and the damage already done?
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5 days ago | 
marketplace.org | Amy Scott |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
Median property taxes in the U.S. rose by an average of more than 10% between 2021 and 2023, according to an analysis by LendingTree. More than half of homeowners with a mortgage are paying more than $3,000 a year.
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6 days ago | 
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
• None What's in the new U.S.-UK trade deal? Specifics are still TBD, but the U.K. got a reprieve on auto, steel and aluminum tariffs, while the U.K. may open up to more U.S. agricultural products. • None Consumers are feeling worse about their finances. How much does that tell us about the economy? Consumers’ expectations about their own personal financial situations declined sharply in April, according to the New York Fed. But their inflation expectations didn't change much.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Nancy Farghalli |Daisy Palacios |Daniel Shin
May 8, 2025More programmers and engineers are adopting a practice known as “vibe coding,” a technique where the coder tells an AI assistant what to build based on what they feel will work. Clarence Huang, vice president of technology at Intuit and an early adopter of vibe coding, explains why he thinks the practice is the next evolution of software development. Vibe coding is having a moment.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
May 7, 2025Top officials from both countries will meet in Geneva this week. Plus, a small business owner reopens after Hurricane Helene and one young mom discusses her economic reality. Segments From This Episodeby Kai Ryssdal and Sofia TerenzioKai explains the latest decision by the Federal Reserve and what it means in the face of a trade war, economic uncertainty and competing economic interests.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia TerenzioKai talks with Bloomberg's David Gura about what we won't hear at the Federal Reserve presser this Wednesday but should be talking about. The U.S. will import less and our exports will likely also suffer because of retaliatory tariffs from other countries. "Who knows what's going to happen next?" said one soon-to-be retiree. "It's not like we're 30 and we can recoup."Borrowing isn’t cheap right now, especially for riskier businesses.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Nancy Farghalli |Daisy Palacios |Daniel Shin
May 6, 2025Kaufman recently sent out a memo warning that “AI is coming for your jobs,” including his role as CEO of the freelance hiring platform. It's definitely not the kind of message most workers want to see hit their inbox from the higher ups but that's exactly what Micha Kaufman, founder and CEO of the freelance platform Fiverr, wrote in an internal memo to his staff in April. “AI is coming for your jobs. Heck, it's coming for my job too. This is a wake-up call.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
May 5, 2025How cheap is too cheap? Oil companies are navigating break-even prices on crude oil. Plus, the global economy can’t quit the U.S. dollar and the U.S. won’t throw out synthetic food dye overnight. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Nancy Farghalli |Daisy Palacios |Daniel Shin
May 5, 2025A new study from MIT Media Lab suggests extensive use of AI chatbots correlates with higher feelings of loneliness, dependence and lower socialization, according to Cathy Fang, one of the authors of the study. People are using chatbots in all kinds of ways — to search the web, get help with an online purchase, sometimes even for counseling. But there's a lot about this human-AI interaction we don't fully understand.
