Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains why consumer sentiment hit an all-time low—since 1952—last month.

Sources:

• Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average (CPIAUCSL) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0102M) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Third 20 Percent (41st to 60th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0104M) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Highest 20 Percent (81st to 100th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0106M) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States (MSPUS) | FRED | St. Louis Fed

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Join Sam Kem, senior economic research analyst at CFC, as she examines the origins of economics and questions whether today's economists are just custodians of data or architects of ideas.

Mentioned on the show:

• From Philosopher to Technocrat: Economists Have Evolved
• Uncovering Hidden Flaws in 250 Years of US Worker Data

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains how the Federal Open Market Committee is caught between a rock and a hard place.

Sources:

• Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
  https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1TH03&height=490
• Unemployment Rate
  https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1T5ys&height=490
• Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
  https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1TlC3&height=490

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