Segments From This Episode

• Why do economists dig government data?

  by Sean McHenry

  Jobs, inflation, GDP: Government data releases are the benchmark when it comes to economic data. But why is that? David Vera with the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno, and Nicole Cervi, economist at Wells Fargo, explain. 

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• Why are sports brands overstocked?

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Adidas posted an annual loss for the first time in more than 30 years, citing inventory issues.

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• Wait, how much will the Inflation Reduction Act’s climate provisions cost?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  We break down the role of uncapped tax credits in the IRA’s climate provisions with John Bistline of the Electric Power Research Institute.

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• Why the CAT bond market is booming right now

  by Henry Epp

  

  They’re called CAT — for catastrophe — bonds, and insurers and investors can’t get enough of them.

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• Good luck booking that big birthday dinner

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Alina Dizik wrote in The Wall Street Journal about why some restaurants don’t want parties of six or more people.

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