NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with economist and wealth tax expert Gabriel Zucman about millionaire and billionaire taxes and their impact on the economy.

NPR's Scott Simon asks MIT economics professor Daron Acemoglu what, if anything, the coming Democratic majority in Congress can do about affordability. AI could be a big part of the equation.

The secret deal hid expenses from the public.

After an initial rally following the midterms, markets fell Thursday as investors weighed uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence.

The U.S. job market improved last month, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Employers added more jobs than forecasters had expected and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%.

Gold tends to go up when there's uncertainty in the economy. For a while, the price reflected that. But this week, it dropped from a nearly $5,600 in January to below $4,000. What's going on?

Employers added 165,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, blowing past economists' expected gains of around 59,000 jobs.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody Analytics, for analysis of the post-midterm election economy.

With the rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages at 7% or more, is it time to reconsider the far less popular adjustable-rate mortgage? New analysis shows that ARMs have paid off for borrowers.

Shares sank, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropping over 5%, as investors reacted with fear that a Democratic Congress -- and states across the country -- would crack down on AI data centers.