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President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for years now. Since January, the President has accused him of playing po…
Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more about the genetic makeup of her ancestors. Vovi was one of ov…
On today's show: we're ... venting. We at Planet Money are an ensemble show – each with different curiosities and styles. But we recently realized many of us ha…
Why is it so hard to find a bathroom when you need one? In the U.S., we used to have lots of publicly accessible toilets. But many had locks on the doors and yo…
Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Think of it as the official place it comes from. And this is t…
For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language. Central banks everywhere hold dollars as a way to safely store their wealth. Countries, bu…
The U.S. exports billions of dollars worth of agricultural products each year — things like soybeans, corn and pork. And over the last month, these exports have…
Even though the 145% tariff on Chinese imports only lasted a month, it already inflicted its scars on the economy. Global trade is just not something you can tu…
Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators! From the more practical (li…
You might have seen these texts before. The scam starts innocently enough. Maybe it's a " Long time no see " or " Hello " or " How are you ." For investigative …
