Segments From This Episode

• Job data’s all over the place, but things are still pretty good for some workers

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  ADP and other labor market signals point to continuing interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve.

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• Immigrant workforce reaches near record level

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  Foreign-born workers are continuing to play a crucial role in a tight job market.

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• Low inventories are starting to look like the new normal

  by Justin Ho

  Early in the pandemic, businesses worried about too little stock. That’s changed.

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• The crude reality of student debt

  by Reema Khrais

  Kate Beaton wanted to get rid of her student debt — fast. So she took a job in the Alberta oil sands, where the typical rules of society don’t always apply.

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• After years of not being able to get them, Americans want their wheels — no matter the cost

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  New light vehicle sales, including cars, SUVs and pickups, were up about 20% in June from this time a year ago.

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• Thames Water, the UK’s biggest water company, struggles to plug a hole in its finances

  by Stephen Beard

  

  Huge debts and raw sewage threaten the future of a major British utility.

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