Segments From This Episode

• Growth in holiday spending to ease this year, Deloitte predicts

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Spending jumped 15% in 2021 and more than 7% in 2022, but analysts expect “normal” growth of 2.3% to 3.3% for the season in 2024.

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• Is the world in interest rate-cutting mode?

  It is a big week, economically speaking: We’ll get interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve here in the U.S., plus the Bank of England and Bank of Japan. Julia Coronado is founder and President of MacroPolicy Perspectives. She joins the program to discuss her predictions.

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• The real-world backlash against "digital nomads"

  by Sam Gruet

  The digital nomad lifestyle has exploded in popularity as the worst of the pandemic is increasingly in the rearview mirror. The number of people traveling full-time while working remotely is expected to reach 60 million by 2030, according to research by consultancy firm MBO Partners. More than 70 countries now have specific visas for nomads, but there’s been a backlash in some cities.

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