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The million-dollar starter home?
Episode 1387
On today’s episode: Marketplace’s Reema Khrais joins Kimberly to discuss two stories from opposite ends of the housing spectrum – cuts to rental assi…
1 year ago
Is the clean energy economy doomed?
Episode 1386
So far, President Trump’s “drill, baby, drill,” agenda has proven to be a sharp turn from Biden-era climate initiatives, including the landmark spend…
1 year ago
How are companies handling tariffs? Exactly like we predicted
Episode 1385
The Trump administration is hoping tariffs will spur companies to bring manufacturing back to the United States. But a new survey from the Federal Re…
1 year ago
Economics on Tap: Airport Edition
Episode 1384
On today’s episode, Kimberly joins "Economics on Tap" from the Toronto airport. We’ll unpack President Trump’s elimination of a tariff loophole known…
1 year ago
Buy less, pay more?
Episode 1383
This week, President Trump acknowledged his tariffs were resulting in costlier items in the U.S., but maintained his position that China was taking t…
1 year ago
What’s driving the GDP slowdown?
Episode 1382
The Commerce Department reported the U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter of this year. We’ll break down the GDP math formula and dig…
1 year ago
The Canadian economy goes “elbows up”
Episode 1381
After declaring victory in yesterday’s Canadian election, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the “old relationship” with the United States is over. Over…
1 year ago
The Canadian Dispatch
Episode 1380
On the show today, Kimberly joins us from an Ontario polling station on Canada’s election day. We’ll get into how President Trump’s trade war has sha…
1 year ago
Inflation's self-fulfilling prophecy
Episode 1379
Americans expect inflation to rise to 6.5% this year according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey. That’s the highest o…
1 year ago
Congress' tug-of-war for tariff authority
Episode 1378
Today, we’re answering questions from our listeners about everything going on in this economy (we know, it’s a lot). Like, whatever happened to that …
1 year ago