Segments From This Episode

• What does the Fed mean when it says it’s looking for ‘good data’?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  The latest Personal Consumption Expenditures index, or PCE, will be released Friday. Experts say there are other clues the Fed is looking for, too.

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• Clearing the wreckage in Baltimore is a difficult and dangerous operation

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Containers carrying hundreds of tons of hazardous materials were on the ship, complicating the monumental cleanup.

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• Perceptions that the economy’s bad can cost you an election, even if the economy isn’t actually bad

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  In 1992, voters’ perception that an improving economy was actually a bad economy contributed to Bush’s loss to Clinton. Could the same thing happen to Biden?

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• For some job seekers, AI-powered “resume spammers” are a good fit

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  

  These bots send out job applications in high volume for a fee. Reporter Aki Ito at Business Insider tried a few and reported the results.

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• Home Depot bets on big construction projects with new acquisition

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The home improvement company is buying SRS Distribution, a roofing, landscaping and pool construction supplier, for $18 billion.

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• Vending machines: An emerging side hustle

  by Kai Ryssdal, Sean McHenry and Aleezeh Hasan

  

  Some vending machine owners make hundreds of dollars a month, says Joe Pinsker, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.

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