Aug 13, 2026The government is selling 30-year bonds with interest rates at a quarter-century high. Plus: the Producer Price Index, coal’s decline, a water crisis, and solar energy.
Greggory DiSalvo/Getty ImagesSegments From This Episode"Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal talks with Geg Ip at the Wall Street Journal about the signals that the bond market is trying to send about the economy. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty ImagesEnergy prices remain elevated, which affects costs of transportation, materials, and power.
Stephanie HughesPrices are up for consumers, and the stores where they are buying goods are seeing some cost increases, too.
AY MOMENTS/Getty ImagesUtilities see more upside in relatively cheap solar cells than expensive new coal-burning plants. That’s despite the Trump administration’s efforts to boost coal as a source of electricity.
Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP via Getty ImagesAmid severe drought and water rationing, a restaurant tries to make do.
