consumer confidence

Explore "consumer confidence" with insightful episodes like "Trump LOSES IT in New Hampshire over BOOMING Economy", "Sweden Takes On Elon & The IRS Gives Out a $1B Holiday Bonus", "The Bad Vibes Around a Good Economy", "How bad will Lockdown 2 be for the economy?" and "Has the V-shaped recovery turned into a double-dip?" from podcasts like ""The MeidasTouch Podcast", "Morning Brew Daily", "The Daily", "This is Money Podcast" and "This is Money Podcast"" and more!

Episodes (9)

Trump LOSES IT in New Hampshire over BOOMING Economy

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump getting depressed about the success of America despite his efforts to try to crash the economy and harm the country. Will New Hampshire voters take notice? Take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/meidas Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MeidasTouch Podcast

enJanuary 21, 2024

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Sweden Takes On Elon & The IRS Gives Out a $1B Holiday Bonus

Episode 218: Toby and Kyle explain why Sweden Unions are battling with Elon Musk and Tesla. Plus, electric scooter company 'Bird' has filed for bankruptcy and Rite Aid is in trouble for using facial recognition . Next, the IRS canceled $1 billion in tax penalties and US consumer confidence is at its highest since 2021. Finally, the heir to Hermes wants to give billions to his, gardener. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

enDecember 21, 2023

The Bad Vibes Around a Good Economy

The American economy, by many measures, is doing better than it has done in years. But for many Americans, that is not how it feels. Their feelings point to an enduring mystery: Why do Americans feel so bad when the economy is so good?

Jeanna Smialek, who covers the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for The Times, discusses a new way to understand the disconnect.

Guest: Jeanna Smialek, a reporter covering the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Video: What’s causing the “bad vibes” in the economy?
Consumer spending has been strong in 2023 despite higher prices and waning savings. But some retailers have jitters heading into Black Friday.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

enNovember 30, 2023

How bad will Lockdown 2 be for the economy?

When lockdown arrived in March it sunk the UK economy.

The message was clear: Stay home.

And people did just that; there was a dramatic shift to either working from home or shutting down businesses entirely.

For a couple of weeks pretty much the only place you could go was the supermarket, followed a little while later by the opportunity to head to B&Q to queue for an hour and try to do a click and collect.

Now a second lockdown has arrived for England and the message is once again stay home, but things are very different this time: considerably more remains open.

As England’s lockdown arrived, Wales and Northern Ireland were already in some form of lockdown and Scotland is running its own tight tiers system.

Yet, while rules vary across the nations, more businesses remain open, Britain has got used to working from home, and industries that can’t do that are permitted to keep going.

So, what happens now to the economy? How bad will the hit be? And is it just the hospitality sector and leisure sector that will be hammered this time round?

On this week’s podcast, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert look at the economic effects of Lockdown 2 and how things could be better or worse.

Meanwhile, the Bank of England responded to the lockdown by keep rates in positive territory, but pumping another £150billion into the financial system through quantitative easing.

More QE has been done since March that in all the years after the financial crisis: what does this mean for the economy and normal people?

Also on this week’s podcast: is it time to call the end of the property mini-boom, why are some of the self-employed still being left out while furlough is extended – and should Simon bother to try and get his Ryanair flight money back in vouchers?

This is Money Podcast

enNovember 07, 2020

Has the V-shaped recovery turned into a double-dip?

Has the V-shaped recovery been put on hold?

Lockdowns across Britain’s major cities, the tier system and more businesses being forced to close their doors or operate far below usual business levels means the direction of travel has shifted dramatically from the summer’s optimistic reopening of the economy.

It's likely that the UK will emerge from recession with growth over this quarter, but is it on track to head straight back into another slump?

Coronavirus measures, rules that hobble some sectors and a renewed sense of fear will slam the brakes on – and the effect was great enough to make Rishi Sunak upgrade his support for jobs and businesses again this week.

On this week’s podcast, Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert look at how bad this winter will be and whether Britain can battle its way out of the slump thanks to the resilience in parts of the economy that has surprised many this year.

One element of the economy that is doing much better than expected is the property market and Rishi’s stamp duty holiday has come under fire for driving up house prices, so is it time to make it permanent, ease the need to rush and encourage people to move more often?

Also on this week’s podcast, Georgie and Simon look at the latest temperature check of Britain’s retirement prospects and how hard the pandemic has hit them.

And finally, buy a new appliance and it comes with a guarantee but do you really need to fill in that little form or go online to register it? Or is that just a swizz to get your personal details?

This is Money Podcast

enOctober 24, 2020

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Is the coronavirus recession as bad as it looks?

We are in the worst recession in living memory for the UK with GDP plummeting by 22.1 per cent in the first six months of 2020.

But strange as it may sound, does that matter?

We knew things would be terrible as the coronavirus lockdown pressed the pause button on the economy and people’s lives.

Shops were shut, businesses were shuttered, everyone who could worked from home, almost 10million people were furloughed, international travel was halted, property sales were frozen and children didn’t go to school for four months.

If you’d have predicted that was what 2020 would bring last New Year’s Eve, nobody would have believed you and they might even have called for help.

So, it should come as no surprise that the ONS released figures this week showing that this year’s astonishing actions crashed the economy – although the fact that the UK suffered more than any other major economy other than Spain is a cause for concern.

The question is, what next?

On this week’s podcast, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost dig into the GDP figures to find out why the UK was hit so hard, whether we can read anything into the ONS’s figures and what to watch out for to identify if the economy is recovering better or worse than expected.

Also on this week’s show, they discuss how amid all that carnage some households are getting their finances on track, how to buy a property in pandemic if you are an aspiring first-time buyer and how to keep your pension on track.

And finally, the Government in its wisdom has decided to push on with getting Brexit fully done - even if it means no trade deal by the end of the year – and that will mean imported cars get more expensive. But fear not, new car buyers, because we’ve got the best British-built options instead – from a Nissan Juke shopping cart, to a gorgeous McLaren and the wonderfully bonkers Ariel Atom.

This is Money Podcast

enAugust 15, 2020

What Does The Business World Look Like After Coronavirus

James Sinclair's Business Broadcast is the weekly podcast from the award-winning entrepreneurial CEO of the Partyman Group; home of 7 much-loved family-based brands which welcome one million customers through the doors of their attractions every year.

In today’s episode James shares what he thinks the business world looks like when we all head back to ‘normality’ after lockdown.

For more information about James Sinclair’s Entrepreneurs Network visit https://bit.ly/entrepreneursuniversityfreetrial

James Sinclair's Business Broadcast podcast

enApril 24, 2020

Big energy firms including British Gas to bump up prices for millions - it's time to fight back!

British Gas have revealed this week that more than four million households face a 5.5 per cent bill increase from the end of May thanks to changes to its standard variable tariff.

Hot on its heels, EDF Energy announced it will be hiking the cost of energy bills by 1.4 per cent for 1.3million customers.

In this week’s podcast, Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce say it is time for people to fight back and switch.

Energy: The latest podcast looks at the latest energy price rises - and the furore around smart meters

On the energy theme, we talk about our campaign to stop power firms using bullying tactics in order to force households into getting a smart meter – and why it is better to wait until the end of the year.

We take a look at some of the methods to make your home more energy efficient, including insulation and wood burning stoves.

We also discuss how to give money to charity in a tax efficient way - and whether or not loyalty cards are still worth having.

The latter comes as changes to Avios and Nectar are imminent, and Virgin Money unveils two credit cards to garner miles for Virgin Atlantic flights.

This is Money Podcast

enApril 13, 2018

Motley Fool Money: 11.21.2014

China cuts interest rates. Best Buy surprises investors. Keurig Green Mountain tumbles. And Jack in the Box heats up. Our analysts discuss those stories. Plus, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner talks with Whole Foods co-CEOs John Mackey and Walter Robb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

enNovember 21, 2014