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Investors are recalibrating their interest rate expectations
Oct 7, 2024

Investors are recalibrating their interest rate expectations

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We had a banner jobs report last week. Are banner earnings next? And what would all that mean for future rate cuts?

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Earnings and jobs and rate cuts

Third quarter earnings season kicks off this week, when we’ll get a view of the economy through the lens of the companies on the front lines. What can we expect? Let’s put that question to Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives and a professor at the University of Texas – Austin.

Why labor force participation has stayed about the same for years, apart from the pandemic

Oct 7, 2024
Friday's jobs report showed the percentage of working age people in a job or looking for one was holding at 62.7% last month.
Prime-age labor force participation — those ages 25 to 54 — are helping to prop up a strong job market.
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The economic strains facing Malaysian's aging citizens

Malaysia has had extraordinary economic success in the past 30 years. But now, its population is aging fast. And despite its development, growing numbers of elderly there are at risk of poverty, because they don’t have pensions or adequate savings.

The team

Leanna Byrne Host, BBC
Kelly Silvera Executive Producer
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Ariana Rosas Producer
Nic Perez Director/Producer
Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer
John Bruington Media Producer
Jesson Duller Media Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director
James Graham Producer, BBC
Jo Critcher Producer, BBC
Naomi Rainey Producer, BBC