Segments From This Episode

• Reading the Federal Reserve minutes can feel like hours, but Fed watchers still pore over them

  by Matt Levin

  

  For those who understand Fed lingo, the minutes can hint at divisions or disagreements, and where Fed policy may be headed.

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• Energy stocks are now the belle of the Wall Street ball

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Energy investors have profited as prices climbed. But companies hesitate to boost production, even though costs weigh on consumers.

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• Why “big boats” might be partially responsible for inflation

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  Supply chain journalist Rachel Premack says megaships deserve some of the blame for shipping logjams and increased costs.

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• Evusheld offers vulnerable Americans protection from COVID. But getting it has been complicated.

  by Lily Jamali

  

  Scarcity and a lack of outreach has left millions of immunocompromised Americans without access to the treatment.

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• The birth rate in the U.S. increased last year for the first time since 2014

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Overall, births are still trending downward.

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• Re-branding … and re-discovering a love of gelato 

  by Anais Amin

  

  “Sometimes my husband jokes that I’m running a gelato non-profit, and it certainly does feel that way,” said Uli Nasibova, owner of Uli’s Gelato.

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