Segments From This Episode

• It's September, which means ... holiday shopping season?

  by Kristin Schwab

  Students are barely back in their seats, yet the retailers who sold them their notebooks and outfits have moved on. Their eyes are on the next big shopping event: the holidays. And so far, what they're seeing doesn’t look great. The accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says shoppers plan to spend about 5% less this year.

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• What's behind rising bond yields globally?

  Long-term bond yields are rising around the world, which means investors are getting a little hesitant about lending money for decades to governments. What gives? The BBC’s Guy Kilty has more.

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• Small businesses, self-employed brace for sharp health insurance premium spikes

  by Alexandra Olgin

  

  Tax credits that helped more than 20 million people afford health insurance are set to expire this year — and small business owners and the self-employed stand to be among the hardest hit. 

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