ECONOMY

The U.S. has added jobs in every month for nearly eight years. Here, a job seeker holds an employment flyer during a hiring event at an Aldi Supermarket in Darien, Ill., in July.

August Jobs Report: Economy Adds 201,000 Jobs; 3.9 Percent Unemployment

1:16pm September 07, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Wage growth — and more specifically, the lack of vigorous pay raises — continued to be an issue, with average hourly earnings nudging slightly upward to 2.9 percent.

Can Anyone Fix A Rigged Economy?

3:48pm September 04, 2018

Is populism a threat or an opportunity?

A photograph of Marilyn Geewax in the high school yearbook. She went on to Ohio State and a career as a business journalist.

A High School Reunion Reveals: When Steel Mills Fell Silent, Fates Got Flipped

1:39pm September 03, 2018

by Marilyn Geewax

Marilyn Geewax, who recently retired as an NPR business editor, returned to Ohio for her class's 45th reunion. The visit showed how things changed dramatically for retirees in just one generation.

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Economy

Why Wages Are Stagnating

5:06am September 03, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about why wages continue to stagnate despite so much positive news about corporate profits and the economy.

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NAFTA And The Auto Industry

7:43am September 02, 2018

Analyst Paul Eisenstein of car industry site The Detroit Bureau speaks with NPR's Melissa Block about the automotive supply chain and how sweeping changes to NAFTA would affect car makers.

U.S. And Canada To Continue Trade Negotiations

8:36am September 01, 2018

Canada and the U.S. haven't come to an agreement over a new trade deal. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Gordon Ritchie, a former ambassador for trade negotiations for Canada.

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks during negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in October. "We know that a win-win-win agreement is within reach and that is what we are working toward," she said Friday.

No NAFTA Deal: Canada-U.S. Talks To Resume Next Week

6:09pm August 31, 2018

by Avie Schneider

After days of negotiations, the U.S. and Canada failed to agree on a deal by a Friday deadline to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. and Mexico reached a pact earlier.

The United States, Canada and Mexico have been in lengthy talks over changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement since President Trump threatened to scrap the historic treaty.

U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Continue In Bid To Update NAFTA

4:20pm August 31, 2018

The United States and Canada are working on changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, after lengthy talks spurred by President Trump's threats to scrap the historic treaty.

Austan Goolsbee On Trade Negotiations

7:20am August 31, 2018

Debate continues on a new North American trade deal, as Trump pushes Canadian officials to sign by Friday. Former Obama administration economic adviser Austan Goolsbee talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

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Pedestrians pass a building decorated with the Argentine national flag in Buenos Aires' financial district earlier this summer.

Argentina Hikes Interest Rate To 60 Percent In Bid To Halt Currency's Fall

3:43pm August 30, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

When President Mauricio Macri requested early release of a $50 billion loan, he said it was to assuage market watchers' fears. But the opposite happened — and the central bank felt it had to step in.