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Between tariffs roiling the global economy and OPEC putting more barrels on the market, prices have dropped significantly since January. That's good for consumers, and bad for oil companies.

The economy shrank at a pace of 3.8 percent in the final three months of last year, the worst performance in more than two decades. At the White House, President Barack Obama took note as he was launching a task force to focus on helping the middle class.

Vice President Harris is largely pitching the same economic plan she’s stood behind with President Biden. But it is also becoming clearer what her particular focus will be now that she is the nominee.

Economists surveyed by Reuters are predicting that employers added about 230,000 jobs to their payrolls in June. That's less than the month before but still a pretty strong showing.

Yellen ends her term Saturday as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Financial Times editor Rana Foroohar about her career and what lies ahead.

The sharing economy is already changing several sectors: housing, transportation, retail. In some cities, it's changing the way we work. As more people start their own enterprises, they're shunning traditional offices and choosing to share space instead.

The Census Bureau released its annual report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage for 2014 on Wednesday. Poverty in the U.S. was unchanged last year, despite more jobs.

The rates on capital gains and dividends are on the table in the negotiations over the fiscal cliff. Some complain that it would hurt companies' stock prices, giving them less money to invest. But other economists say it's unlikely to have strong effects.

Whether it's lowering interest rates or stimulus spending, many of the tools the federal government uses to fight a downturn are already stretched.

In this season of Planet Money Summer School, our free economics course for your ears is tackling the biggest economic player of them all: the government.