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Weathering the Economic Headwinds Part Two

7/24/22: Is everything more expensive than it used to be? Yes, more-or-less, that's the reality facing Americans and it's not clear when consumer prices will ease. And on that note, this weekend we're running my appearance on The Takeout, a podcast hosted by Major Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News. It was a fun conversation about inflation, interest rates and what you can do to weather the economic headwinds.

Weathering the Economic Headwinds Part One

7/23/22: Is everything more expensive than it used to be? Yes, more-or-less, that's the reality facing Americans and it's not clear when consumer prices will ease. And on that note, this weekend we're running my appearance on The Takeout, a podcast hosted by Major Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News. It was a fun conversation about inflation, interest rates and what you can do to weather the economic headwinds.

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy Part Two

The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time.

Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death.

Our guest this weekend, Adam Tooze, brings his analytical and narrative skills to a panoramic and synthetic overview of our current crisis.

In Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, and how deep the ruptures in our way of living and doing business are. 

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy Part One

The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time.

Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death.

Our guest this weekend, Adam Tooze, brings his analytical and narrative skills to a panoramic and synthetic overview of our current crisis.

In Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, and how deep the ruptures in our way of living and doing business are. 

Stocks See Lowest Drop Since May

Monday, stocks saw the biggest drop in months due to a Chinese property developer on the brink of bankruptcy. I joined CBS Mornings to discuss the impact on the market, what investors should do now and if this will impact the two-day Federal Reserve meeting.

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"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

Labor Market Concerns

Today we're talking about the surprising August unemployment numbers and why people are still unemployed and what those searching for a job should do.

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Inflation and Your Money

Yours truly on Face the Nation: There is "red-hot consumer demand" and a bottleneck of supply in certain areas, leading to the "biggest price increases in 30 years."

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State of the Economy Part Two

Believe it or not, we're basically halfway through 2021, which means it's time for a little "State of the Economy" with our favorite numbers cruncher and overall badass, Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously voted to keep short-term interest rates unchanged and the pace of asset purchases at $120 billion per month. The statement following the June meeting was much more upbeat about the progress of vaccinations and the economy.

The bottom line is that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell tried to reassure the public and financial markets that the Fed will not allow inflation to get out of control. The Fed’s own forecast, or “dot plot” as it is called, showed a substantial move up in the timing of rate hikes. The problem for financial markets is that inflation and rate hikes are always unwelcome.

Have a money question? Email us, ask jill [at] jill on money dot com.

Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

State of the Economy Part One

Believe it or not, we're basically halfway through 2021, which means it's time for a little "State of the Economy" with our favorite numbers cruncher and overall badass, Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously voted to keep short-term interest rates unchanged and the pace of asset purchases at $120 billion per month. The statement following the June meeting was much more upbeat about the progress of vaccinations and the economy.

The bottom line is that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell tried to reassure the public and financial markets that the Fed will not allow inflation to get out of control. The Fed’s own forecast, or “dot plot” as it is called, showed a substantial move up in the timing of rate hikes. The problem for financial markets is that inflation and rate hikes are always unwelcome.

Have a money question? Email us, ask jill [at] jill on money dot com.

Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.