What’s driving the GDP slowdown?

“Marketplace Morning Report” host Kimberly Adams is back in the “Make Me Smart” podcast feed to share some reporting from a trip to southwest Alabama. It’s a deep dive on rural health care access — about 700 rural hospitals nationwide are at risk of closure, according to the Cent ...  Show more

Could dimming the sun be the key to cooling things down before the climate crisis worsens? Some scientists say yes, that we can cool the earth by launching tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. It’s a type of solar geoengineering that was once seen as preposterous, meant ...  Show more

Q1 GDP growth was less than forecast; Pending home sales tumbled in March; Southwest posted Q1 loss, while American Airlines brought in $10 million in profit; Overseas banks benefit from higher interest rates, credit card spending To learn more about listener data and our privacy ...  Show more

U.S. President Donald Trump touts his economic policies as he marks 100 days in office. But for the first time in three years the U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter. Polling shows Americans growing more skeptical of his hardline approaches on trade and immigration. We l ...  Show more

GDP declined 0.9 percent in the three months ending in June; Senate Democrats considering bill on climate change, Medicare prescription drug coverage, and other reforms; JetBlue wins bidding war for Spirit Airlines; Meta reports first quarter of revenue decline To learn more abou ...  Show more

U.S. GDP for the first quarter of 2023 rose slower than estimates, refreshing stagflationary fears for investors. Maggie Lake is joined by George Milling-Stanley, chief gold strategist at State Street Global Advisors, to discuss his expectations for gold in 2023, how the current ...  Show more