Business

Blue bonds could be a solution for climate change and debt for some countries

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Wailin Wong

Low-income countries are seeing some of the most severe effects of climate change. They are also facing growing debt as interest rates go up. What if there was a way to solve both problems at once?

Inflation makes food insecurity top of mind for many this holiday season

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Wailin Wong

Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot speaks with Morning Edition about food insecurity.

How inflation will affect this year's Black Friday shopping

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Inflation is motivating shoppers to chase Black Friday deals even more than usual.

Clothing stores have been cutting prices, trying to sell off their glut of inventory.

National

How stores ended up with too many (wrong) clothes

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Remember when we couldn't get enough athleisure? Or pajamas? Now, the hottest question for clothing retailers is whether they've got an "inventory glut." For shoppers, this means discounts.

The empty assembly line at the Duralex glassware factory in Orléans, France, on Nov. 15.

Europe fears its industries will jet to the U.S. as energy costs force plant closures

5:00am November 25, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Duralex glassware maker is just one company that's suspended operations over spiking energy costs after a cutoff of Russian natural gas.

Signage for the FTX Arena, where the Miami Heat basketball team plays, is seen illuminated on Saturday. The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy has driven arena owner Miami-Dade County to seek a break in its naming rights deal with FTX.

Miami-Dade County, stuck in a 19-year contract with FTX, seeks to rename its arena

7:50pm November 24, 2022

The county, which owns the arena where the Miami Heat play, wants a bankruptcy judge to let it end its $135 million contract with the failed cryptocurrency company so it can find a new sponsor.

This year's holiday travel season is going to be as chaotic as pre-pandemic levels

4:55am November 24, 2022

by David Schaper

The holiday travel season is underway, and It stands to be just as busy as pre-pandemic times.

How inflation may impact your holiday spending

4:55am November 24, 2022

Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist with the Washington Post, discusses how people should approach holiday shopping in the current economic climate.

Economy

Homebuyers are losing big deposits because of rising mortgage rates

4:32pm November 23, 2022

by Chris Arnold

Before mortgage rates rose, many people put down big deposits to buy houses that weren't built yet. Now rates have gone from 3% to 7% and they can't afford to buy the homes they agreed to buy.

Economy

The fallout from FTX's collapse is being felt across the crypto industry

4:32pm November 23, 2022

by David Gura

The fallout from the collapse of the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange is being felt across the crypto industry, raising concerns about contagion.