Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  The New York Times’ Jeanna Smialek and ADP’s Nela Richardson about the Fed tightening monetary policy, the Congressional debt ceiling standoff and more of this week’s economic news.

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• Stores are limiting purchases of some products. This time, blame the supply chain.

  by Amanda Peacher

  

  Restrictions on purchases can backfire, causing customers to want to stock up on limited supplies.

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• As holiday merchandise gets held up, discount retailers get ready

  by Caroline Champlin

  

  Backlogs of holiday goods on ships and in warehouses mean liquidators could be in for a good season.

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• For this British travel agency, furloughs offered a lifeline

  by Minju Park

  

  As the United Kingdom’s furlough program comes to an end, travel agent Claire Moore faces tough decisions on how to bring her employees back to work.

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• How ride-hailing accelerates climate change

  by Matt Levin

  

  A new study finds companies like Uber and Lyft may be a hazard to the planet because of “deadheading.”

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• As rodeo returns to Eastern Oregon, plenty of broncs and bulls. Not so many masks.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The Pendleton Round-Up was canceled last year. It came back in the midst of a delta variant surge in the rural Oregon county.

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