With election day just about a week away, the economy and its overall health are on the ballot in all but name.

California approved tax credits for filmmaking companies in an attempt to win back business from rival states like New York and Georgia.

The Japanese yen sunk to a three-month low as investors reacted to the loss of a parliamentary majority for Japan’s ruling coalition in weekend elections.

Bettors think they’ve already figured out the presidential election winner, with many odds sites predicting a slim victory for former President Trump less than two weeks away from Voting Day. But according to FHN Financial’s Christopher Low, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of any predictions in such a tight election, including betting markets’ own recent track record.

Employees are overwhelmingly in favor of upskilling in areas we call “human skills,” which include things like leadership, communication, and adaptability, according to a recent survey. However, more than one in three workers say their jobs offer little to no opportunity to improve these skill sets. We look at what’s behind the gap.

From the BBC World Service: Japan’s snap election takes place on Sunday, just a month after Shigeru Ishiba took over as Prime Minister. A look at why it could bring more uncertainty.

Megan Klein, founder of the mocktail-making company Little Saints, runs us through her recent experience pitching her business on the show.

According to University of Chicago Professor James Robinson, who jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics this year, a lot of discontentment with government can be tied back to economic inequality and a perception that economic gains of the past few decades haven’t substantially improved normal people’s lives.

From the BBC World Service: In an exclusive BBC interview, IMF Deputy Director Gita Gopinath said tit-for-tat tariffs cause global losses in growth equivalent in size to the economies of France and Germany.