ECONOMY

Florida Suffers Growing Gasoline Shortage As Residents Prepare For Irma

4:58pm September 08, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

Refineries were already affected by Hurricane Harvey. Now comes Irma, which is causing huge gasoline shortages in southern Florida. One firm estimates that 30 to 40 percent of Florida gas stations are out of fuel, and the twin storms are affecting gas prices all over the country.

Indiana Begins Hiring Ex-Inmates And Students To Fill Jobs

5:37pm September 07, 2017

by Jennifer Weingart

Northern Indiana has an unemployment rate of about 2 percent, making it difficult for employers to find workers. This has led to creative solutions like recruiting kids in eighth grade and a re-entry program for ex-inmates.

Nate Miller is the owner of Express Employment Professionals, a staffing agency in Muncie, Ind., that screens and places workers at local manufacturing companies.

Opioid Crisis Looms Over Job Market, Worrying Employers And Economists

11:19am September 07, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

Companies across the U.S. say it's getting harder to find applicants and keep workers once they've been hired. Economists from the Federal Reserve to Wall Street say opioid addiction may be a factor.

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Seawater rises with the approach of Hurricane Irma, which threatened to overwhelm a jetty in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The U.S. territory of some 3.4 million people has struggled to pay its debts — even filing earlier this year for a procedure similar to

Irma Portends New Woes For Debt-Stricken Puerto Rico

8:04pm September 06, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The U.S. territory filed to restructure billions in debt earlier this year. Those economic straits threaten to hobble the island's ability to cope with the effects of the Category 5 hurricane.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces the president's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday.

FACT CHECK: Are DACA Recipients Stealing Jobs Away From Other Americans?

5:21pm September 06, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

On an individual level, there are probably DACA recipients who have jobs other Americans want. But on a broader scale, DACA recipients are helping grow the economy.

Harvey's housing prospects got a big boost in 2005 with the Greenview Manor subdivison. The tri-level homes on Harvey's west side have 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and 2-car garages.

Once A Blue-Collar Powerhouse, A Chicago Suburb Now Faces A Dim Future

4:58pm September 06, 2017

by Cheryl Corley

NPR's Cheryl Corley makes a bittersweet return home to Harvey, Ill., where she finds a town struggling to survive.

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Trump Pledges To Withdraw From U.S.-South Korea Trade Agreement

4:58pm September 06, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

President Trump says he wants to begin withdrawing from the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. The pact was supposed to help U.S. companies sell more to Korea, but the trade gap is wider than it was when it took effect. The reasons have to do with regulations in Korea, the relatively weak economy in Korea and the U.S. consumer's love of spending.

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Report: Rolling Back DACA Could Cost North Carolina $10 Billion

2:54pm September 06, 2017

by Sean Bueter

The fate of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – the policy that allows children of people who immigrated to the U.S. illegally – is now in the hands of Congress.

A Nation Of Immigrants, 'A Nation Of Laws'

2:44pm September 06, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of protected undocumented immigrants now live in limbo.

Retail food prices have just been through the longest period of deflation in about 60 years.

Grocery Prices Have Been Falling. Did You Notice?

8:16am September 06, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

For 19 months in a row, food prices in America's supermarkets fell compared to a year earlier. This is good news for shoppers but has weighed on the grocery industry and the people who grow our food.

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