Segments From This Episode

• Housing affordability continues to worsen for many Americans

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Home prices are at record levels, and mortgage rates are much higher now than they were six months ago.

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• Why is China reducing its U.S. debt holdings?

  by Lily Jamali

  

  China cuts it U.S. debt portfolio to under $1 trillion, possibly to support its currency or reduce exposure to potential U.S. sanctions.

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• These small businesses still feel supply chain pressures, even if data says they’re easing

  by Justin Ho

  

  Shipping costs, wait times and sourcing materials are still a big problem for business owners in South Carolina and Calif.

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• When employer benefits get personal, they’re tricky to use

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Before abortion benefits, employer-sponsored mental health resources raised concerns.

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• Texas oil and gas industry should temper its job-creation claims, report says

  by Andy Uhler

  

  There’s been a hiring uptick, but “we’re only about halfway” to pre-COVID employment numbers, the author of the IEEFA report says.

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• It’s hard to keep costs down at the supermarket, thanks to store design and our emotions

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  Grocery stores play on our sense of nostalgia with older music, and strategically placed items may trigger impulse buys, experts say.

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