Segments From This Episode

• Supply chains slowed in September thanks to tariffs, uncertainty over demand

  by Justin Ho

  

  Business owners are holding off on transporting goods around and loading up on additional inventory.

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• Cash is king when it comes to handling tariffs

  by Nicholas Guiang

  Todd Adams, president of Sanitube, said saving up cash for tariff payments has prevented him from growing the business.

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• What is the Fed's balance sheet and why has it shrunk by $2 trillion?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The Fed’s balance sheet, mentioned by Jerome Powell this week, tracks what the Fed owns and owes. And the Fed has stopped its buying spree, mostly to reduce its influence on the market.

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• This holiday shopping season, Gen Z is planning the biggest budget cuts

  by Matt Levin

  

  It’s way too early for most of us to be thinking of holiday shopping. But it’s definitely not for retail strategists, and some believe that younger people are planning to spend less this holiday season than older generations.

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• "People have actually taken out their gift lists and started checking things off"

  by Sofia Terenzio

  After a slow summer, the holiday shopping season started even earlier this year, said Ashley Morken, owner of Unglued in Fargo, North Dakota.

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• Skilled tradespeople are the climate workforce rural areas need most

  by Rae Solomon

  

  In Colorado, industry and higher ed are teaming up to grow the rural climate workforce of tomorrow.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• International library loans are caught in tariff confusion

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  “[Librarians], in some cases, are shipping books with the understanding that they might not get them back on a normal timetable,” said Emanuel Maiberg, co-founder and journalist at 404 Media.

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• Consumers still crave sweet treats despite sticker shock

  by Nicholas Guiang and Sofia Terenzio

  Despite high cocoa prices, business ahead of the holiday season is steady for Kristin Thalheimer Bingham, of Dean's Sweets in Portland, Maine.

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