Segments From This Episode

• Consumer price data suggests the Federal Reserve has inflation under control. Now comes the hard part.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The June CPI numbers were pretty good, but more interest rate hikes are likely coming on the way to the central bank’s 2% target.

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• Wages have started to outpace inflation. But let’s not get too excited.

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Wage growth beat inflation in May and June for the first time since March 2021. But economists say two months do not a trend make.

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• Are stocks just not gonna do as well anymore?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Some economists — citing interest rates, taxes and market cycles — think we are entering an era of underperformance.

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• U.S. crude is playing a bigger role in pricing global oil

  by Lily Jamali

  

  The addition of American crude oil to the Brent benchmark had an immediate impact on global oil prices.

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• This little-known accounting measure is ringing an economic warning bell

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  The level of corporate earnings manipulation is similar to that of other pre-recessionary periods, according to the M-Score.

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• The newest viral TikTok trend? Cottage cheese

  by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette

  

  Cottage cheese, the curd-filled dairy product of 1970s diet fad fame, is back and trendier than ever.

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