Latest from Meredith Garretson Morbey

• Aug 19, 2025

  Outsourced jobs threatened by AI

  

  For now, AI tends to be enhancing workers, not replacing them — except for some jobs already being outsourced.

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• Aug 18, 2025

  It's almost time for Jackson Hole again

  

  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak at a research conference on Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. What can we expect?

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• Aug 18, 2025

  Startup funding is facing several economic headwinds

  

  Fewer government grants and contracts, as well as tariffs, are at the top of the list.

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• Aug 18, 2025

  Getting spendy to get ahead of tariffs

  

  Consumer spending was up pretty significantly for more expensive items last month — things like cars and furniture.

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• Aug 15, 2025

  The White House makes a play for Intel

  

  President Trump has reportedly floated a plan that would have the U.S. government take partial control of Intel, the ailing chipmaking giant.

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• Aug 15, 2025

  Target and Ulta announce breakup

  

  It’s a heartbreaking revelation for fans of the beauty and big-box retailer partnership, which has seen over 600 Ulta locations opened inside Target stores since 2021.

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• Aug 14, 2025

  When government data is called into question

  

  With the quality and regularity of BLS data now called into question, how do alternate data sources compare?

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• Aug 14, 2025

  So your house burned in the wildfires. Would you rebuild with wood?

  

  Today, Marketplace's David Brancaccio explores mass timber, which doesn't burn easily, as a route for home reconstruction after LA’s wildfires.

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• Aug 13, 2025

  Is there a cost if economists face pressure to back up Trump?

  

  This week, Trump called on the CEO of Goldman Sachs to get rid of his chief economist, after the economist predicted that tariffs would force consumers to pay extra.

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• Aug 13, 2025

  The history of — and present threats to — Social Security

  

  As Social Security turns 90, it faces the very real possibility of benefit cuts.

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