Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, May 25, 2015
Airing on Monday, May 25, 2015: After a dismal winter, many indicators are pointing to a pretty good late spring and summer for housing — typically the most important months both for home sales and new home construction. Next: funeral homes have long been accused of scamming customers, who are spending lots of money when they’re grieving and vulnerable. A recent Federal Trade Commission investigation found fraud increased last year. Plus, Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate ... these are some of the economic indicators we look at regularly on this show to frame the big drop in oil prices and drilling rig counts. But as we find out, in the town of Williston, North Dakota, the nation's second-largest oil producer, there are other telling metrics ... like hot dogs and U-Hauls.
Airing on Monday, May 25, 2015: After a dismal winter, many indicators are pointing to a pretty good late spring and summer for housing — typically the most important months both for home sales and new home construction. Next: funeral homes have long been accused of scamming customers, who are spending lots of money when they’re grieving and vulnerable. A recent Federal Trade Commission investigation found fraud increased last year. Plus, Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate … these are some of the economic indicators we look at regularly on this show to frame the big drop in oil prices and drilling rig counts. But as we find out, in the town of Williston, North Dakota, the nation’s second-largest oil producer, there are other telling metrics … like hot dogs and U-Hauls.
