Stacey Smith

Nov 18, 2024 | portside.org | Stacey Smith

Why Egg Prices Cause So Much Angst Published November 18, 2024 People get emotional about eggs. After years of reporting on price spikes, supply chain snags and shortages of everything from cocoa to coffee to copper, the only thing I’ve ever seen come close to eliciting egg-level emotion is gas prices … and Taylor Swift tickets. Politicians know this—last month Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance singled out eggs at a news conference.

Sep 5, 2024 | kpbs.org | Stacey Smith

Elysia Berman remembers the moment she realized her shopping was out of control. Last December, she ducked into a store to buy a pair of gloves. And she came out with a $600 coat she didn’t need and couldn’t afford. “That was my breaking point,” she recalls. So Berman, 35, decided to do something drastic. She’d try the no-buy challenge, a popular social media experiment that encourages people to buy less stuff.

Sep 3, 2024 | bnnbloomberg.ca | K Oanh Ha |Jessica Beck |Naomi Ng |Alexander Sugiura |Stacey Smith

(Bloomberg) -- Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take Asia podcast today. They caused global markets to seize up – and raised serious questions about just how much money was at stake. No, we’re not talking about Nvidia’s earnings. Or the US jobs report. We’re talking about carry trades – an obscure part of international markets that’s suddenly less obscure.

Aug 8, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Alexander Sugiura |Adriana Tapia Zafra |Kim Gittleson |Stacey Smith |David Gura

Listen and follow The Big Take on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcastsOn today’s Big Take podcast, economist Claudia Sahm explains the Sahm rule: how she came up with the idea, whether or not we’re in a recession, and why she wishes it was called something else.

Aug 8, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Alexander Sugiura |Adriana Tapia Zafra |Kim Gittleson |Stacey Smith |David Gura

(Bloomberg) -- Listen and follow The Big Take on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts Most Read from Bloomberg Africa’s Richest City Needs $12 Billion to Fix Infrastructure How a Tiny Midwestern Town Became a Mecca for Modern Architecture NYC Subway Riders See ‘Exceptionally High’ Air Pollution New York City Paid $2 Million for Empty Hotel Rooms Meant for Migrants New York City’s Outdoor Dining Sheds Will Start Disappearing On today’s Big Take podcast, economist Claudia...