Latest from Ryan Kailath

• Feb 10, 2018

  Hey, wait. My hamburger just got more expensive.

  The plunge in the stock market this week has been widely ascribed to fears that inflation is coming. But for large parts of the American economy — namely, business — inflation is already here. From car companies to restaurant groups, American companies are paying higher prices for raw materials and ingredients. The Labor Department’s Producer Price Index […]

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• Feb 6, 2018

  The Dow dive computers might have caused

  

  Algorithms don’t generally create steep declines, but they do amplify trends, one expert says.

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• Feb 6, 2018

  Let’s not panic about the Dow just yet

  

  Economic growth is strong, unemployment is low — there were no major global disasters that could trigger the Dow plunging more than 1,100 points today. So what happened?

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• Jan 30, 2018

  Yellen leads her last Fed meeting

  Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen ends a cautious four-year run. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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• Jan 27, 2018

  States join the fray over net neutrality repeal pushback

  This week, Montana and New York made moves to counter the federal repeal of net neutrality that the Federal Communications Commission enacted last month. And so far 21 states and the District of Columbia have sued to overturn the FCC decision. What will these legal battles look like? Click the audio player above to hear […]

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• Jan 24, 2018

  Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue pulls back the curtain on the farm bill

  The secretary of agriculture will be in Pennsylvania today to lay out the USDA’s legislative priorities. The farm bill accounts for nearly a half trillion dollars in spending over a five-year period — with most of it going to food assistance. Based on projections, around 80 percent of farm bill spending goes to nutritional programs, with the […]

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• Jan 12, 2018

  Is "Black Panther" a billion-dollar movie?

  The new Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther” is breaking records — and it’s not even out yet. Fandango says the first 24 hours of advanced ticket sales beat the sales for “Captain America: Civil War,” thus setting a new bar for Marvel. Disney, which owns Marvel, has been promoting the movie heavily. But there’s also […]

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• Jan 11, 2018

  With the tax bill signed, a fight with hard-hit states begins

  

  California and New Jersey are exploring the use of charitable contributions to offset taxes.

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• Jan 9, 2018

  New York’s wealthy balk at the new tax law

  

  They pay half of the city's income tax revenue. Now that they can't deduct it, some may leave.

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• Jan 2, 2018

  The U.S. dollar loses ground

  The value of the dollar dropped some 10 percent in 2017. That’s the greenback’s worst performance in more than a decade. And analysts say the dollar could lose even more ground this year.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

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