Business

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman at the OPEC and non-OPEC meeting on October 5, 2022.

Biden is rethinking the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia after OPEC cuts

9:46pm October 11, 2022

by Dustin Jones

After the cartel said it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day starting next month, the White House said it's time to look at the longstanding partnership with Saudi Arabia.

An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a new rule on employee classifications, saying workers have incorrectly been deemed independent contractors, which hurts their rights.

National

Labor Department proposal could change gig worker and company rules

1:07pm October 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Labor has published a new proposal on how workers should be classified saying that thousands of people have been incorrectly labeled as contractors rather than employees.

The Mexican, U.S. and the Canadian flags.

Why the U.S. might not win the global economy without Canada and Mexico

6:31am October 11, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A new book argues that for the U.S. to become more globally competitive and create good jobs, we must embrace and expand trade with Canada and Mexico.

The mental health crisis and shortage of providers is creating big debt for Americans

4:19pm October 10, 2022

by Yuki Noguchi

The mental health crisis and the shortage of providers to treat them is creating a parallel problem for families: debt. But how much Americans are having to pay for this care is hidden in the shadows.

Economy

This years Nobel Prize in economics was awarded for work on preventing bank runs

4:19pm October 10, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, along with economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig for their work on bank runs and how to prevent them.

Former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Economy

Ben Bernanke among 3 American winners of Nobel Prize in economics

7:33am October 10, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and two academic economists — Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig — share this year's Nobel Prize in economics for their work on bank runs.

Economy

3 economists win Nobel Prize in economic sciences for work on banks, financial crises

6:22am October 10, 2022

The Nobel panel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm has announced the winners for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences are Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig.

Economy

The word 'recession' is coming up more frequently. But there can be silver linings

5:19pm October 09, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for The Washington Post, about why a recession doesn't have to be so scary.

A parents' lawsuit accuses Amazon of selling suicide kits to teenagers

4:44pm October 09, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Amazon sold the food preservative sodium nitrite, which lawyers say has no household use at high purity levels, to people who later killed themselves using the substance, the suit claims.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference.

Economy

When your seatmate on the plane talks about the Fed, you know things aren't right

9:22am October 09, 2022

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The woman next to me, who described herself as knowing "zero" about the economy, asked whether I thought the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates. I felt an acute sense of dread.

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