Segments From This Episode

• What’s Fed Chair Powell trying to tell us about future interest rate hikes?

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Jerome Powell has stuck to the same script on whether more interest rate increases are coming — but that script has a cliffhanger ending.

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• A muffin? That’ll be $5.50. (Thank inflation.)

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Inflation is cooling, but food prices are still much higher than they were a year ago. Bakery products, in particular.

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• Global gender gap is closing, but parity is more than 100 years away, report says

  by Lily Jamali

  

  The World Economic Forum says in some countries, women’s status is declining, and global gender parity is 131 years away.

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• Carbon accountants help firms keep their climate pledges

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  Before companies can cut emissions, they first have to measure their carbon footprint. The new service is in high demand.

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• FedEx meets lowered demand for shipping with cost-cutting and layoffs

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  As consumers favor services over buying goods, FedEx and other shippers are feeling the pinch.

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• Chinese investment in U.S. startups under scrutiny for espionage

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The difficult relationship between the U.S. and China has many economic contours to it. One of the complaints on the U.S. side for years has been about theft of intellectual property. That tension is now extending into the world of investment, particularly startups.

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