Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  Kai Ryssdal speaks with Jordyn Holman at The New York Times and Heather Long at The Washington Post about the complexity of the Federal Reserve’s next steps and whether the current economic tumult is a crisis, or just a situation.

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• Behind SVB’s collapse were a whole lot of texts on messaging groups

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Chatter among the bank’s depositors on social media and texting groups may have exacerbated its demise.

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• How freaked out are consumers these days?

  by Matt Levin

  

  Consumer sentiment isn’t as gloomy as the failure of Silicon Valley Bank might lead you to expect.

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• Why are women in China not having more babies?

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  In China, each woman went from having about three children in the late 1970s to now one. Decades later, the Chinese government wants women to have three children again but is meeting resistance.

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• What can the beer market tell us about the economy?

  

  A beer industry group’s data shows a steep decline for the craft segment in February as consumers spent more consciously.

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