Rob Wile

Breaking Business News Reporter

I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist covering breaking business stories for NBCNews.com, with a focus on writing for everyday consumers and ensuring online coverage of major business events. Day to day, I am responsible for writing about inflation reports, recalls, corporate announcements and consumer-focused government announcements, including regulations and enforcements. I also write features and explainers on a wide array of topics — everything from Disney’s conflict with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the recent settlement with the National Association of Realtors that will change how homebuyers pay brokers, to the business of the WNBA.

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I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist covering breaking business stories for NBCNews.com, with a focus on writing for everyday consumers and ensuring online coverage of major business events. Day to day, I am responsible for writing about inflation reports, recalls, corporate announcements and consumer-focused government announcements, including regulations and enforcements. I also write features and explainers on a wide array of topics — everything from Disney’s conflict with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the recent settlement with the National Association of Realtors that will change how homebuyers pay brokers, to the business of the WNBA.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Rob Wile

4h ago

Inflation remained stubborn in July, as energy and food offset increases elsewhere

The pace of consumer inflation remained steady in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, as food and energy prices remained subdued.
4d ago

Cryptocurrency backers claim responsibility for sex toys being thrown at WNBA games

A group of crypto investors is claiming responsibility for a series of incidents where green sex toys were tossed onto WNBA courts, adding a strange wrinkle to an already-charged furor that casts a shadow over the league

New tariffs snap into effect, raising import taxes to highest level since Great Depression

After months of delays and extensions, President Donald Trump’s comprehensive and sweeping tariffs slate took effect Thursday just after midnight ET, shifting his global trade reset into high gear
8d ago

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence

E.U. will pause retaliatory tariffs against U.S. as trade talks continue

The European Union announced Monday it was pausing a plan to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods as it continued trade negotiations with the Trump administration
10d ago

New tariffs, alarming job numbers and a high-profile firing: A wild week for the Trump economy

Tariffs putting the squeeze on businesses and consumers while bringing in billions of dollars for the United States government.
11d ago

The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought

The U.S. job market is suddenly looking far weaker than it did just a few weeks ago

Trump formalizes high tariffs as he tries to reshape the global economy

President Donald Trump on Thursday formalized the array of tariff levels and trade deals he's announced in recent weeks.

Trump hits India, Brazil and South Korea with tariffs as deadline looms

President Donald Trump slapped higher trade duties on India on Wednesday and offered a reprieve to two others — his latest trade war declarations in what has become a cornerstone of his second administration