Segments From This Episode

• “Has there ever been a bigger gap” between economic mood and actual numbers? Chicago Fed president asks

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  Chicago Fed’s Austan Goolsbee on the consumer sentiment disconnect, and what happens if interest rates stay high for too long.

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• Corporate profits have been trending down. That’s what the Federal Reserve wants to see.

  by Justin Ho

  

  It means interest rate hikes are having the intended effect. Tapering consumer demand and high labor costs are weighing on earnings.

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• What are corporate boards of directors supposed to do, exactly?

  by Matt Levin

  

  And what do medieval times have to do with it?

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• ChatGPT makes job applications a breeze — that’s the challenge

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The AI chatbot makes it easy to send out multitudes of resumes. The tsunami makes it hard for employers to sort through candidates.

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• Chemicals are a big business in the U.S., but here’s why the sector is getting squeezed

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Lower demand for many products made from chemicals plus too much inventory results in rough times for chemical manufacturers.

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