Segments From This Episode

• The U.S. may still avoid a recession, retail sales indicate

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Retail sales were soft but not terrible in June. More importantly they are at least keeping up with inflation, and don’t foreshadow a recession.

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• Homebuilders are feeling a bit more confident

  by Justin Ho

  

  Builders find there’s high demand for new developments, but they’re also finding it harder to convince banks to loan them money.

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• It’s getting harder to obtain loans. That’s exactly what the Fed wants.

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Fewer loans means less consumer spending, and less consumer spending means lower inflation.

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• Do you find the economy confusing? So do professional economists

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  “We don’t quite know what we’re doing these days,” said one economist.

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• In “Easy Money,” crypto’s central premise is put to the test

  by Ben McKenzie

  

  The cryptocurrency industry seeks to create a decentralized, peer-to-peer means of exchange, but is it really just a speculative bubble?

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