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Computer chipmaker NVIDIA is set to report earnings, and investors are hoping for another blockbuster quarter.

NVIDIA has been a symbol of the runaway demand for artificial intelligence chips.

President Trump boasted in his State of the Union speech last night about the low cost of gasoline, but retail pump prices have been inching up in recent days.

AAA reports the average price of regular gas is approaching $3 a gallon.

That's up 11 cents from a month ago, but still 16 cents cheaper than this time last year.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

President Trump talked as if there had been an economic turnaround on his watch, but official statistics tell a different story.

Economic growth was slower during Trump's first year back in office than it was during the final year of the Biden administration.

Job growth was much slower.

And inflation has mostly moved sideways, with Trump's own tariffs contributing to higher prices of some imports.

The president highlighted some things that have gotten cheaper, notably eggs and gasoline, but the overall cost of living continues to climb.

That's weighing on the president's approval rating.

In the latest NPR-PBS News Marist poll, 6 in 10 Americans say the country's worse off now than it was a year ago.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

Customs agents stopped collecting President Trump's outlawed tariffs overnight and began collecting the new tariffs Trump ordered to replace them.

For now, imports are being taxed at 10 percent, although Trump announced plans over the weekend to boost that to 15 percent.

Facebook parent Meta plans to buy as much as $100 billion worth of chips from advanced micro-devices to power the tech company's artificial intelligence push.

The deal also includes an option for Meta to buy a 10% stake in AMD.

Stock in Home Depot opened higher after the company reported better-than-expected profits for the most recent quarter.