Latest from Sarah Leeson

• Aug 8, 2024

  This back-to-school season, “value” is at the top of America’s shopping list

  

  Also: pricing mortgage rates, why airport food is so expensive, and a projectionist remembers his reel life.

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• Aug 7, 2024

  Has the Fed ever met its 2 goals?

  

  Also: Disney’s streaming service posts its first profit, and noise from a bitcoin mine haunts people in a rural Texas town.

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• Aug 6, 2024

  Why we freak out when the stock market freaks out

  

  Also, the not-so-bad reasons for the higher jobless rate, and “stealth shopping” is on the rise.

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• Aug 6, 2024

  As Magnificent Seven stocks dip, smaller companies have taken up the mantle

  

  The companies that could profit the most from a potential Fed rate cut aren’t Big Tech companies, so investors are shifting their focus.

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• Aug 5, 2024

  “Chaotic,” “volatile,” “tumultuous”

  

  Scary words about the stock market, but is it really that bad? Also, exporting services and a status report on a possible TikTok sale.

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• Aug 2, 2024

  The information industry takes a hit

  

  But Spanish-language interpreters are likely to do well. That’s information, right? Plus, shipping rates may come down next year.

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• Aug 1, 2024

  Making more stuff without working more hours

  

  That’s basically what American workers did last quarter. Plus, celebrity book clubs are a major force in the publishing industry.

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• Jul 31, 2024

  Other ways the Fed wields its influence

  

  Quantitative tightening drives up interest rates and cools the economy. When is it time to reverse course? Plus, the central bank decides to keep interest rates steady, and temp worker employment falls.

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• Jul 30, 2024

  Where’s the AI spending payoff?

  

  Wall Street wants to know! Big Tech, though, says these things take time. Plus: abandoned gold mines and telephone operators.

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• Jul 30, 2024

  In a tight housing market, Texas is seeing some relief for buyers

  

  “I have not seen us write more than two offers before getting an acceptance, whereas before it was writing offer after offer after offer,” said Houston real estate broker LaTisha Grant.

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