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The ol’ stock-bond balancing act

2024/8/12
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Consumers' perceptions of inflation are influenced by recent personal experiences and media coverage, which can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies. The New York Fed's survey shows mixed but steady consumer expectations, indicating a cautious outlook on inflation.

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Last week, when the stock market took a tumble, some investors put their cash into bonds instead. Why? Well, we tend to think of the stock and bond markets as having an inverse relationship: when stocks do well, bonds do worse. But when the economy gets wonky, that relationship doesn’t necessarily hold. Also in this episode: Aging Chinatown residents struggle to pass the baton, consumers guess where the economy is headed next, and we ride an Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon.