May 18, 2026Plus: The housing market, retail earnings, consumer sentiment, and the American banking system.
Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty ImagesSegments From This EpisodeScott Olson/Getty ImagesWhat companies say about future pricing can tell us how much consumers can really afford.
Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty ImagesIn “The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money,” journalist and financial historian Brendan Greeley looks at why the dollar is the most powerful currency in the world and how that power has shaped the global financial system.
Al Drago/Getty ImagesNew data from the National Home Builders Association shows some optimism in the housing market. But Realtors in markets from Seattle to Miami say the picture on the ground is complicated.
Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty ImagesThere’s been a decades-long push to grow the workforce but many early career job seekers are hitting a firewall.
