Sarah Gonzalez

2 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Sarah Gonzalez |Julia Ritchey

Can you tell me how to get... how to get to Indicators of the Week? This week's econ roundup looks at Target's sagging sales, Klarna's pay-later problem, and Sesame Street's new streaming address. Related: When do boycotts work? (Apple / Spotify) Buy now, pay dearly? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, ,

3 weeks ago | wfae.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Jess Jiang |Emma Peaslee

Even though the 145% tariff on Chinese imports only lasted a month, it already inflicted its scars on the economy. Global trade is just not something you can turn off and on like that. Some companies got really unlucky. Like those whose goods arrived at U.S. ports before the pause. If a medium size company had a million dollars worth of goods imported, they had to pay an extra million and a half dollars on top of that – just for the tariff.

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Jess Jiang |Emma Peaslee

The 145% tariff already did its damage Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1251782092/1269327888" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> There is normally a cargo ship, parked, getting unloaded under the cranes. But the 145% tariff on imports from China brought shipping way down. And it'll take a while for the shipping volumes to return at the Port of Los Angeles.

1 month ago | wrvo.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Marianne McCune |James Sneed

On today's show: we're ... venting. We at Planet Money are an ensemble show – each with different curiosities and styles. But we recently realized many of us have something in common: We're annoyed consumers. So we're going to get ranty ... but then try to understand the people annoying us. Like stingy coffee shops, manufacturers that don't design things for repair ... and stores that send way to many emails every day.

1 month ago | npr.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Marianne McCune |James Sneed

Planet Money complains. To learn. Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248091506/1269229788" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Screenshot of Sarah Gonzalez' Inbox Sarah Gonzalez hide caption toggle caption Sarah Gonzalez Screenshot of Sarah Gonzalez' Inbox Sarah Gonzalez On today's show: we're ... venting.