James Tucker got an efficient heat pump for his home near Oakland, Calif., last year. Now homeowners can get new credits for heat pumps from federal climate legislation. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
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Susan Tompor, money columnist at The Detroit Free Press, and Laci Mosley, host of the Scam Goddess podcast, join Brittany to discuss scams. youngID/Kathleen Galligan hide caption
In Lviv, Kateryna Sporysh holds a box of medicine to donate to people living near Ukraine's front lines. Joel Wasserman/Joel Wasserman hide caption
Internal Revenue Service taxes forms are seen on Feb. 13, 2019. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
Feb. 18, 2022, smoke billows from the burning Felicity Ace car transport ship as seen from the Portuguese Navy NPR Setubal ship southeast of the mid-Atlantic Portuguese Azores Islands. (Portuguese Navy via AP, file) Portuguese Navy via AP/AP hide caption
Medical bills can cause a financial crisis. Here's how to negotiate them
A reparations rally outside City Hall in San Francisco this month, as supervisors take up a draft reparations proposal. The growing number of local actions has renewed hopes and questions about a national policy. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Cities may be debating reparations, but here's why most Americans oppose the idea
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee March 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Why should you care about the knotty problems of the banking world? Below are a few possible consequences to watch. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An 'open house' flag is displayed outside a single family home on September 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The U.S. housing market is seeing a slow down in home sales due to the Federal Reserve raising mortgage interest rates to help fight inflation. Allison Dinner/Getty Images hide caption
A Credit Suisse bank branch seen in Geneva. The bank was acquired by UBS on Sunday. Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
A copy of a IRS 1040 tax form is seen at an H&R Block office on the day President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax cut bill in Washington, DC on December 22, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: Activists hit a piñata carrying empty pill bottles during a protest against the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee March 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. Powell spoke on the state of the U.S. economy and suggested that interest rates will need to stay higher for longer than expected in order to curb inflation. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Women earn about 82 cents for every dollar men make, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. That means on March 14, women's pay catches up to what men made in 2022. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images hide caption
It's Equal Pay Day. The gender pay gap has hardly budged in 20 years. What gives?
An FDIC sign is posted on a window at a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Wellesley, Mass., on Saturday. The bank was caught in a meltdown, forcing a government takeover. The FDIC guarantees accounts up to $250,000. Peter Morgan/AP hide caption
Real estate appraiser Jack Sonceau (right) and his trainee, Devin Minnis, assess a rowhome in Baltimore. Shuran Huang for NPR hide caption
Stephanie Roth and her three children. Roth works full time but struggles to keep up with bills as prices rise. Like millions of Americans, she has found herself in mounting credit card debt. Stephanie Roth hide caption
Credit Card Nation: How we went from record savings to record debt in just two years
A vial of the Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent. Though the shots are free to pretty much anyone who wants one in the U.S. as long as federal stockpiles hold out, the next update of the vaccine might be costly for some people who lack health insurance. RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images hide caption