Economy

The export-led industrial model that Germany has pursued for decades is now at a crossroads.

A $7,500 tax credit is available for the lease or purchase of many electric vehicles — but only if contracts are inked by midnight on Sept. 30. The result: The market for EVs is a little distorted.

Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jennifer Maas, a senior business writer at Variety, about video game company Electronic Arts' agreement to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $55 billion.

As Nike targets a new generation with a revised slogan, "Why Do It?," NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to consumer trends expert Casey Lewis about what brands get right and wrong about Gen Z.

The deal, announced earlier this week, would combine the two largest U.S. residential brokerages by sales volume.

The Trump administration has canceled foreign aid, pulled out of the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Deal. So it was a head scratcher to many when the administration last week promised to bail out the economy of Argentina.

India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid Trump tariffs.

Buying a home is a conventional milestone for couples. But as home prices skyrocket, many Americans are buying homes with someone who isn't their romantic partner.

The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar payment from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call it a fee and other deals like it "extortion."