Consumers still spending under the cloud of recession talk
Despite economists' speculation about a recession and some signs of caution from consumers, Julia Coronado of MacroPolicy Perspectives notes that the broad data still looks solid. Elsewhere, the market for single-family homes looks to be slowing. The BBC offers up a tale about the role of the transistor radio in regions of the world that aren't covered by the blanket of internet and smartphones.
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