Sabri Ben-Achour
Correspondent & Host
Episodes by Sabri (651)
Latest Stories (660)
Housing permits are up for single homes but down for big apartments
Oct 18, 2024
Builders are shying away from multifamily homes because of supply and cost issues. But single-family homes are cheaper and faster to build.
What is capacity utilization, and how is it relevant?
Oct 17, 2024
The extent to which industries make use of their production capacity has a bearing on inflation.
How Harris, Trump plans compare on the national debt, and why you should care
Oct 11, 2024
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says both candidates' tax and spending promises would widen deficits, Trump's by a lot more.
Why economists are struggling to predict jobs growth
Oct 8, 2024
The increasingly dynamic nature of the American economy since the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought deep changes.
Boeing is a cautionary tale about current American manufacturing
Oct 4, 2024
Outsourcing work overseas has led to short-term financial gain in return for longer-term losses, like the ability to both make and innovate.
A "temperature check" on U.S.-China economic relations
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 3, 2024
We talked with Jay Shambaugh of the Treasury Department, leader of the most recent U.S.-China Economic Working Group meeting.
Manufacturing may be turning around after nearly 2 years in the dumps
Sep 30, 2024
The economy may finally be emerging from pandemic weirdness.
A dockworkers strike is days away. What would it mean for the economy?
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Alex Schroeder
Sep 26, 2024
The deadline for negotiations between the union representing dockworkers and the ports is next week.
Generic drugs in the U.S. face new economic pressures 40 years on
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Alex Schroeder
Sep 20, 2024
The generic drug industry in the U.S. has saved people billions and billions of dollars. But it faces new economic pressure today.
How inflation is impacting the way we eat, when we go to restaurants and how we tip
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Alex Schroeder
Sep 10, 2024
In its latest report on restaurants, Toast finds a shift toward restaurant spending in the mornings, away from lunch and dinner.