Scott Horsley

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Scott Horsley

Updated June 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM MDTThe Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, and signaled that it is on track to cut rates by 0.5 percentage point this year, even aspolicymakers wait to see how President Trump's tariffs and fighting in the Middle East will affect the U.S. economy. The Fed has been in a holding pattern since December, after cutting rates by a full percentage point last year. Loading...

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Miles Parks |Ximena Bustillo |Scott Horsley

Last week, President Trump suggested the agriculture industry might be spared from his immigration crackdown. But Tuesday, Homeland Security officials confirmed there would be no change to enforcement policy — and no workplace safe from potential raids. We look at what this means economically and politically. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, immigration policy reporter Ximena Bustillo, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Scott Horsley

Staffing shortages have forced the U.S. federal government to scale back the price checks it uses to calculate the inflation rate. Economists are warning that could lead to less accurate cost-of-living reports. Every month, hundreds of government employees check the price of goods and services in cities around the country and those numbers are crunched to produce the inflation measure known as the consumer price index, or CPI.

3 weeks ago | econofact.org | Binyamin Appelbaum |Larry Edelman |Scott Horsley |Heather Long

EconoFact Chats regularly hosts a panel discussion with top economic journalists. Since the panel last met in March, the House passed the ‘big, beautiful budget bill,’ Moody’s has downgraded U.S. debt, universities face stiff funding challenges, and tariff policy continues to be volatile.

4 weeks ago | wqcs.org | Alina Selyukh |Scott Horsley

Many American small-business owners have been riding a rollercoaster of tariff-related feelings: worry, confusion, anxiety, frustration. This week, there are new emotions. "I feel a lot of relief and hope," says Sarah Wells, whose Virginia company sells breast-pump backpacks and other maternity accessories. In March, she had to find an extra $15,000 to receive her shipment from China – the last for now – which was traveling to the U.S. when the White House first raised tariffs.