Segments From This Episode

• Modeling the tariff economy means dealing with a ton of uncertainty

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  “I'm under no illusions that there could be surprises just around the corner,” said Ernie Tedeschi, Director of Economics at the Yale Budget Lab.

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• Importers must wait and see as tariff saga continues

  by Nicholas Guiang

  Importers have plenty of questions for their customs brokers, but they'll have wait patiently for the answers.

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• The federal budget will affect borrowing costs for everyone

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  That low interest rate period before the pandemic was unusual. We’re probably headed in the other direction.

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• Farmers would rather worry about the weather, not tariffs

  by Nicholas Guiang

  This Iowa soybean farmers is tired of tariff worries. She just wants to plant her seeds and think about the weather.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Texas bill aims to prevent more orphan wells that spew methane and brine

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  There are thousands of abandoned wells across the country, and governments are often forced to pick up the cost of plugging them.

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• YouTubers are the new studio executives

  by Kai Ryssdal and Iru Ekpunobi

  

  YouTube is the dominant player in entertainment right now, says Alex Weprin at The Hollywood reporter, and more people are watching YouTube than Netflix or Disney.

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• Violin shop owner says new tariff ruling won't change much

  by Sofia Terenzio

  Even if tariffs are eliminated, "it's pretty rare for distributors to drop prices," says Wesley Rule, who owns Knoxville Fine Violins with his wife, Lauren, in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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