Current：Home > ContactAmericans don't like higher prices but they LOVE buying new things -WealthX
Americans don't like higher prices but they LOVE buying new things
View
Date：2025-04-18 04:45:13
Eight times a year, regional Federal Reserve Banks release a collection of anecdotes that reveal stories about the economy. These stories come together in what's known as the "Beige Book," and we award the regional bank with the best entry with our coveted Beigie Award. Today, we're highlighting an entry that gets to the heart of the contradictions we're seeing when it comes to consumer preferences and sentiment.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (64224)
Related
- Chuck Scarborough signs off: Hoda Kotb, Al Roker tribute legendary New York anchor
- LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
- LSU's Angel Reese tearfully addresses critics postgame: 'I've been attacked so many times'
- Pregnant Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan Reveal They May Be Expecting Twin Babies
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas
- Bruce Springsteen jokes about postponed tour during guest appearance on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
- Too Hot to Handle's Francesca Farago Is Pregnant, Expecting First Baby With Jesse Sullivan
- Trump's 'stop
- Driver rams into front gate at FBI field office in Atlanta, investigation underway
Ranking
- Gen. Mark Milley's security detail and security clearance revoked, Pentagon says
- Murder of LA man shot in front of granddaughter remains unsolved, $30k reward now offered
- Powerball jackpot nears $1 billion as drawing for giant prize nears
- An alternate channel is being prepared for essential vessels at Baltimore bridge collapse site
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- California woman's conviction for murdering her husband overturned after two decades in prison
- Cicadas are nature’s weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies
- GalaxyCoin Exchange: Deposit and Withdrawal Methods
Recommendation
The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
As US traffic fatalities fall, distracted drivers told to 'put the phone away or pay'
How an Arizona indie bookstore adapted - adding a bar and hosting events - and is turning 50
Watch as helicopter plucks runaway horse from mud after it got stuck near Santa Ana River
South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
Murder of LA man shot in front of granddaughter remains unsolved, $30k reward now offered
Minnesota Timberwolves sale: What we know about Alex Rodriguez and how deal collapsed
What I Like About You’s Jennie Garth Briefly Addresses Dan Schneider and Costar Amanda Bynes