Aug 18, 2021

Why are credits cards taking so long to modernize?

As the economy reopens, American consumers are falling back in love with plastic. Oliver Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Also: Economic recovery slows, one family's struggle to afford increasing rent, and can the American economy detangle from China's?

Segments From this episode

3 real-time indicators that show the economic recovery's tapped the brakes

by Mitchell Hartman

Aug 18, 2021

So-called high frequency data also paints a picture of how the delta coronavirus variant is affecting the economy.

UKG, which tracks work shifts, reports that hours worked fell 2.4% from mid-July to mid-August.

Pra-chid via Getty Images

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Are the U.S. and China on the path to economic decoupling?

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Aug 18, 2021

U.S. investors are racing for the exits when it comes to investing in Chinese companies following a crackdown by Chinese regulators.

The regulatory crackdown in China has widened the gulf between the U.S. and Chinese economic systems. Some see a "bipolar" world taking shape.

Ng Han Guan/AFP via Getty Images

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“I just don’t know where we’re gonna end up”

by Maria Hollenhorst

Aug 18, 2021

A Springdale, Arkansas, family's search for an affordable home spotlights an increasingly expensive rental and housing market.

Amid a boom in residential real estate, Sandy Lewis and her family have struggled to find an affordable rental.

Justin Sullivan via Getty Images

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Music from the episode

Sun Caribou

Notion Tash Sultana

This Is Not The Time Booka Shade

Pineapple Blue Lab Beats, Moses Boyd, Nérija

Dreams - 2004 Remaster Fleetwood Mac

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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