Dec 9, 2024
Can a “good but not booming” economy justify booming stock growth?
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The S&P 500 has gone gangbusters this past year. But can the momentum be sustained?
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A year-end look at the stock market
This past Friday, after a positive jobs report, the S&P 500 hit another record high. It’s up 28% so far this year, and if that holds, it’ll be two back to back years of more than 20% growth. Let’s discuss with Julia Coronado, president of MacroPolicy Perspectives and a professor at the University of Texas-Austin.
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A look at the holiday supply chain
We are smack in the middle of the holiday shopping season. According to the National Retail Federation, consumers will spend a record $902 per person in the U.S. on average. It’s a similar story over in the U.K. And whether here or there, businesses have to keep up with all that demand.
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David Brancaccio
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Leanna Byrne
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Kelly Silvera
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Meredith Garretson Morbey
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Alex Schroeder
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Erika Soderstrom
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Ariana Rosas
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Nic Perez
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Dylan Miettinen
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John Bruington
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Jesson Duller
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Brian Allison
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James Graham
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Jo Critcher
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Naomi Rainey
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