Economy

Economy

Home Sales Are Dropping — Could The Housing Market Finally Be Cooling Off?

4:47pm October 24, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Sales of new U.S. homes fell 5.5 percent in September, marking a new two-year low and the fourth consecutive monthly drop. The changes suggest that the housing market is weakening.

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Economy

The Rise Of The Machines

4:43pm October 24, 2018

In just six years, robots could achieve parity with humans in the workplace, with machines working the same number of hours as people.

Immigration's Impact On U.S. Jobs

7:06am October 24, 2018

How do immigrants really affect the U.S. economy? Ethan Lewis, a labor economist at Dartmouth College, cuts through the rhetoric in a conversation with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

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Economy

Of Wages And Warehouses

4:17pm October 23, 2018

by Cardiff Garcia

Warehouse jobs are growing even faster than the rest of the booming labor market. Are they good jobs?

Short Seller Andrew Left and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Economy

Short Shrift For Short Sellers

5:07pm October 22, 2018

Short sellers get a bad rap. Sometimes with good reason. But overall, they're an inevitable and useful part of a healthy financial system.

Detroit Teachers Hold Walk Out For Second Day

The State We're In: Collective Bargaining

2:20pm October 22, 2018

After Janus vs. AFSCME, what proposals involve collective bargaining on the state level?

A PodShare co-living building in Venice Beach, Calif. Dorm beds here go for about $1,400 per month.

Can't Find An Affordable Home? Try Living In A Pod

4:41pm October 21, 2018

by Anna Scott

Co-living projects are popping up in cities where housing costs are too expensive for middle-income residents. It's dorm-life for adults, with shared kitchens and bathrooms, and it doesn't come cheap.

CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 24: A sign announcing the store will be closing hangs above a Sears store on August 24, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Sears Holdings Corporation, which owns both Sears and Kmart, said today it was planning on closing another 28 Kmart sto

Economy

Tears For Sears

4:25pm October 19, 2018

by Cardiff Garcia

A storied American retailer has filed for bankruptcy.

Michelle Clements got her first job working in the coal industry at age 17. Her father, Rob, worked underground in the Delta County mines for almost 30 years.

A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

3:42pm October 19, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

For the first time in years, Delta County in western Colorado is experiencing population growth, one indicator that rural Americans are increasingly feeling optimistic about their economic future.

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Load Trail has had a hard time hiring welders to fabricate its trailers since Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested about a quarter of its workforce in August.

After ICE Raid, A Shortage Of Welders In Tigertown, Texas

11:46am October 19, 2018

by John Burnett

In August, immigration officials hauled off 150 workers from a northeast Texas plant — one of ICE's largest operations in a decade. Now the employer is pushing back.

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