Aug 10, 2023

Would you trust AI for financial advice?

Jun/Getty Images

Some people ask artificial intelligence for gardening tips, others ask what to do with their life savings. We look into where the technology stands. Then we hear from three real estate agents about the state of homebuying.

Segments From this episode

Is shelter inflation data the most timely measure of housing costs?

by Elizabeth Trovall

Aug 10, 2023

As some CPI data lags, economists consider new rental data to better understand where housing costs are now.

While shelter inflation is still at 7.7% year-on-year, economists are incorporating new, more timely data into their forecasts that shows a cooling of housing prices.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

Uptick in gas prices could threaten consumers' confidence

by Mitchell Hartman

Aug 10, 2023

Inflation at the pump is in the pipeline for August. It would likely show up right before the Fed’s September interest rate meeting.

The recent uptick in gas prices can largely be attributed to intense heat in oil refining areas.

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

By 2050, demographic shifts could mean a very different global economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

Aug 10, 2023

Today, nearly a third of Japan's population is over the age of 65. Compared to how much wealthy nations' populations will age in the coming decades though, Japan "is only the tip of the iceberg" says New York Times journalist Lauren Leatherby.

Wealthy economies like those in Europe and East Asia are going to be facing a much smaller working-age population within the next few decades.

Sean Gallup/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

How rideshare drivers feel about robot competition

by Matt Levin

Aug 10, 2023

Among other issues, how does a driverless car deal with drunk passengers?

Waymo autonomous vehicles in a San Francisco parking lot. California will decide whether the company can expand operations in the city.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

What's AI gonna do with your money?

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Aug 10, 2023

Many of the ChatGPT plugins or other financial AI tools seem designed to make advisers' jobs easier, not replace them. At least for now.

“I think we will get to the point where AI is saying you should invest in 'X,'” said Sarah Hoffman at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology.

AndreyPopov/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

Adventures in Housing

Checking in on the path of pandemic homebuying

by Maria Hollenhorst

Aug 10, 2023

Three real estate agents explain how their communities have changed.

The flow of out-of-state buyers into rural communities has not stopped, according to one Montana real estate agent.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

Music from the episode

chillin' again [bsd.u]

Antenna Bonobo

Don't You Mind Thrupence

Passion Fruit Drake

Feel Your Weight - Poolside Remix Rhye, Poolside

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

Latest Episodes From Our Shows

4:23 PM PST