Segments From This Episode

• Despite their feelings about the economy, consumers keep on spending

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  September retail sales excluding vehicles and gasoline were up 0.7%. But consumers report uncertainty about the election and how it will impact the economy.

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• What is capacity utilization, and how is it relevant?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The extent to which industries make use of their production capacity has a bearing on inflation.

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• How Asheville, N.C., businesses are navigating a weekslong water crisis

  by Laura Hackett

  

  More than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated its water system, the city is still without clean running water.

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• Oil markets are in “backwardation” — we’ll explain

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Geopolitical conflict is interfering with crude oil futures, causing oil prices to be lower in the future than they are today.

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• The demand for resale is huge. Why are online secondhand clothing platforms struggling?

  by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson

  

  For clothing resale sites like Poshmark, ThreadUp or Depop, “it’s really hard to overcome the math not working,” says Amanda Mull of Bloomberg.

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• These independent grocers are also struggling with high food prices

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  In the five years that Sam Newell and her husband have run Fruit Fair in Chicopee, Massachusetts, they haven’t had a profitable year.

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