Kai Ryssdal talks with Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post and Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal.

An economic snapshot of Chattanooga, Tenn., reveals why President Obama is speaking there.

Checking in with trucker Don Holzschuh about how he is feeling about the economic recovery.

Coming from different financial situations can affect everything about picking up the pieces after a natural disaster — even getting, and holding on to a job.

The markets are faring well and hitting record highs. Does that mean retirement accounts have fully recovered?

A growing number of U.S. homeowners are renting rooms to recovering addicts and turning their properties into so-called ‘sober homes.’ It's a hot but sketchy new real estate market.

A new prepaid debit card targeted at former substance abusers aims to keep the holder's spending on a very short leash.

Despite a dip in home sales last December, new data reveals that overall sales for 2012 were the highest in three years.

The opening of the L.A. auto show comes at an interesting time; the market for cars in the U.S. has rebounded even as the broader economic recovery continues at a painfully slow pace.

With the Federal Reserve's interest rate near zero and the recovery still slow, some economists are speculating on what you might call a "nuclear option".