Sarah Leeson

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May 14, 2025“Even though I only live, like, 35 minutes away from the city, or 45 minutes by metro, it’s just a little inconvenient for people,” said William Craver in Herndon, Virginia. The median U.S. home price in the first quarter of 2025 was $416,900. It's actually a 1% decrease from the quarter before, but it still represents a 27% increase from just five years ago at the start of the pandemic.

3 days ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sarah Leeson |Sean McHenry

May 12, 2025“What these factory owners are making is a point that, even with the tariff, it is still going to be drastically cheaper than when you’re buying from the brand directly,” said Caiwei Chen, a China reporter for MIT Technology Review. Despite the news on Monday of a temporary U.S.-China trade deal, the manufacturing world has already been shaken up from tariff uncertainty. Case in point, data out of Beijing at the end of April showed that both exports and manufacturing fell that month.

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Amy Scott |Sarah Leeson

May 8, 2025“It’s more of a convenient moral gymnastics to say that people who cheat the federal government should be given a lighter touch than people who borrowed from it,” said economist Kathryn Anne Edwards. As of this week, after a five-year pause instituted during the pandemic, the federal government is back to collecting on student loans that are in default.

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Sarah Leeson

American importers learned many lessons during the trade war waged during the first Donald Trump administration. But with trade policy these days changing overnight and tariffs in the triple digits, this trade war looks far different from its first iteration. Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Co. and a regular “Marketplace” guest, told us back in 2019 what is was like navigating Trump’s first tariffs. She joined host Kai Ryssdal to explain how this time compares to last.

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Mar 31, 2025The average household income needed to afford a typical U.S. home rose by half since January 2020. Plus, restaurant hiring and banana import whiplash. Segments From This EpisodeForeign investors wary about the trade war’s impact have been selling U.S. stocks — and by extension, dollars — to invest in other markets. by Kristin Schwab and Sarah Leeson“It feels like it’s been psychological torture,” said Daniella Velazquez de León, general manager of Organics Unlimited.