Accessibility links
Business and Financial News Find the latest business news with reports on Wall Street, interest rates, banking, companies, and U.S. and world financial markets. Subscribe to the Business Story of the Day podcast.

Business

Sunday

What Just Happened Also Occurred Before The Last 7 U.S. Recessions. Reason To Worry?

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange. An economic indicator known as the "yield curve inversion" hit the three-month mark, an occurrence that has preceded the past seven U.S. recessions. Richard Drew/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Richard Drew/AP

Economy

What Just Happened Also Occurred Before The Last 7 U.S. Recessions. Reason To Worry?

An inauspicious milestone was achieved on Sunday: The yield curve remained inverted for three months, an indicator that has preceded economic recessions for almost half a century.

What Just Happened Also Occurred Before The Last 7 U.S. Recessions. Reason To Worry?

Listen · 5:08
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737476633/737478343" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Cheesecake Business Born During Shutdown Hits Walmart

Nikki Howard and Jaqi Wright, founders and owners of The Furlough Cheesecake, launched their business during the government shutdown. Now their cheesecakes will be sold at Walmart.

Cheesecake Business Born During Shutdown Hits Walmart

Listen · 2:32
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737478300/737478303" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Under Siege And Largely Secret: Businesses That Serve Immigration Detention

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Adelanto, Calif., is one of the detention facilities operated by GEO Group Inc. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Richard Vogel/AP

Under Siege And Largely Secret: Businesses That Serve Immigration Detention

As more businesses face public and political scrutiny for making money off the Trump administration's detention of migrants, many activists say the companies involved try to remain veiled in secrecy.

Saturday

Troll Watch: In Rare Move, Reddit Flags Online Forum For Inciting Violence

Reddit quarantined a group this week after users incited violence. Volunteer Reddit moderator Robert Peck tells NPR's Michel Martin that this is a big deal for the infamously hands-off platform.

Troll Watch: In Rare Move, Reddit Flags Online Forum For Inciting Violence

Listen · 4:42
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737328738/737328739" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

G-20 Summit: Trump, Xi Agree To Renew Trade Talks

President Trump is in South Korea Saturday to meet with President Moon Jae-in. But his Asia trip is also marked by a potential visit to the Demilitarized Zone and a ceasefire on tariffs with China.

G-20 Summit: Trump, Xi Agree To Renew Trade Talks

Listen · 3:38
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737328714/737328718" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Tesla Led The Charge, But More Premium Electric Vehicles Are Arriving

A Jaguar I-Pace, the first electric vehicle from the premium carmaker, charges during an event in Barcelona, Spain, in May. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Tesla Led The Charge, But More Premium Electric Vehicles Are Arriving

With new offerings from Audi, Jaguar and Porsche, Tesla is no longer the only game in town for people looking to drop big bucks on a high-performance electric vehicle.

Tesla Led The Charge, But More Premium Electric Vehicles Are Arriving

Listen · 3:51
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/734525036/737328752" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

World

U.S. And China Agree To Restart Trade Talks

The U.S. will hold off another round of tariffs on Chinese goods. The two countries agreed to restart trade talks after President Trump and Chinese President Xi met during the G-20 summit in Japan.

U.S. And China Agree To Restart Trade Talks

Listen · 3:58
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737268835/737268836" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Trump Holds Off On More China Tariffs; 2 Sides Agree To Restart Trade Talks

President Trump speaks during a news conference following the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday. Trump said the U.S. and China would resume trade talks. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Economy

Trump Holds Off On More China Tariffs; 2 Sides Agree To Restart Trade Talks

President Trump said the two countries would "continue the negotiation." He said the U.S. would keep existing tariffs in place, but would not impose new tariffs on Chinese imports.

Friday

President Trump Meets With Russian President Vladimir Putin At G-20 Summit

President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin, among other world leaders, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan

President Trump Meets With Russian President Vladimir Putin At G-20 Summit

Listen · 3:54
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737102340/737102341" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Planet Money

What Selling Homes Online Says About Changes In The Global Economy

Tech companies are getting into the house-flipping business, buying up billions of dollars in homes from ordinary Americans. The companies are being funded in part by global investors.

What Selling Homes Online Says About Changes In The Global Economy

Listen · 3:54
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/737102347/737102348" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Asia

Trump To Talk Trade With China's President At Crucial Weekend Meeting

NPR's Noel King talks to Clete Willems, former deputy director of the National Economic Council under President Trump, about Saturday's meeting at the G-20 summit in Japan.

Trump To Talk Trade With China's President At Crucial Weekend Meeting

Listen · 5:30
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/736901029/736903906" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
A Tennessee Hospital Sues Its Own Employees When They Can't Pay Their Medical Bills

An employee at a Methodist University Hospital is being sued by her employer for unpaid medical bills incurred before they hired her. Andrea Morales for MLK50 hide caption

toggle caption
Andrea Morales for MLK50

Shots - Health News

A Tennessee Hospital Sues Its Own Employees When They Can't Pay Their Medical Bills

ProPublica

A nonprofit hospital network in Memphis has taken its own workers to court over unpaid medical bills. Some of them earn as little as $12.25 an hour but still see their wages garnished.

A Tennessee Hospital Sues Its Own Employees When They Can't Pay Their Medical Bills

Listen · 5:03
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/736736444/737328758" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Taco Bell Hotel Opens For A Limited Time In Palm Springs

For several days in August, the chain is opening a Taco Bell-themed hotel in Palm Springs, Calif. For $169 per night, guests will enjoy all kinds of taco inspired decor.

Taco Bell Hotel Opens For A Limited Time In Palm Springs

Listen · 0:26
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/736875626/736875627" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Middle East

U.S. Sanctions Take A Toll On Ordinary Iranian Families

Iranians on vacation in Turkey discuss the hard times back home amid U.S. sanctions and pressure. For one couple, it makes it harder to see a son in the U.S.

U.S. Sanctions Take A Toll On Ordinary Iranian Families

Listen · 4:04
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/736875542/736875543" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript