The stock market sell-off earlier this week may have been a bit of an overreaction, and overall consumer spending has been struggling recently. Plus, the FT’s Christopher Miller explains what Ukraine’s surprise counteroffensive in Russia means.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US consumer spending slowdown weighs on travel and leisure groups
Battles rage in Russia as Kyiv advances in war’s largest counter-incursion
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