Segments From This Episode

• Business owners are warily stocking their inventories

  by Justin Ho

  

  With interest rate cuts uncertain, businesses owners are keeping their shelves a little leaner. But that’s not necessarily a bad sign.

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• U.S. rents have grown faster than wages for the past 5 years

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Rent growth is slower in some places, but much faster in others. We’re looking at you, New York City.

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• Americans have blown through excess pandemic savings. What does that mean for the economy?

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  We’ve spent the $2.1 trillion that two San Francisco Fed economists say we saved during the pandemic.

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• How GE made history: a look back at an iconic conglomerate

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  In April, General Electric split itself up to focus on wind power, aerospace and health care. Its finance and media divisions are long gone.

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• Schwan’s won customers with its ice cream delivery. A new name and layoffs challenge its legacy 

  by Elizabeth Rembert

  

  Since 1952, Schwan’s yellow trucks and friendly drivers have been delivering frozen food to households. The industry has become more competitive and crowded and recently, the company changed names and stopped deliveries in most states.

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