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President Trump says he wants to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure. It's such a big number that it's hard to wrap your head around it. We try to figure out what that actually buys.

Adam Davidson of the Planet Money team joins Audie Cornish to discuss one of the most widely-cited economic indicators: the Conference Board's monthly Consumer Confidence survey.

How many presidents have chosen to affirm (rather than swear) to "faithfully execute the office ... "? Try your hand at inaugural trivia.

Irish cookbook author Rachel Allen shares a recipe for Molly Malone chowder, a soup inspired by the Irish folk song about a doomed fishmonger.

The crazy-wonderful week-long music extravaganza known as South by Southwest is almost here. The NPR Music gang will be in Austin all next week to bring you live concerts, photos, nightly wrap-ups and more.

For more on the housing industry, Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal.

The Federal Reserve will maintain its hold on record low borrowing costs to stimulate the economy. Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that while the U.S. economy has improved, it still needs support from the Fed to help lower unemployment. Bernanke says that short-term interest rates will stay near zero until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent. Forecasters expect that won't happen sooner than 2015.

Corn production was down last year thanks to drought. This year, conditions are too cold and wet for farmers to plant the crop. Without a break in the clouds pretty soon, there may be another shortage of the crop at harvest time.

Host Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the role of height in the NBA.

Flooding in Colorado has so devastated some parts of the state that whole towns will need to shutter themselves temporarily. Estes Park, a popular summer resort city along the Big Thompson River, is home to about 6,000 people. But the flooding has left businesses without storefronts and residents looking for housing, so the entire town is closing itself down.