CPI drops, Fed Chair warns of volatility ahead, and companies reap a total of $650 billion dollars in tax breaks due to the COVID 19 Federal Stimulus package. 

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/markets/consumer-prices-had-their-biggest-drop-ever-is-that-a-good-thing/ar-BB13Zsub

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/markets/stocks-decline-after-feds-powell-warns-of-further-risks/ar-BB13SBLb

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/finance-companies/companies-start-reaping-billions-in-tax-breaks-to-help-ride-out-slump/ar-BB141jck

My Sharona!

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Betty Wright, Andre Harrell, Little Richard, and Roy Horn

RIP

What caused the economic issues of the decade that was the 70's?  We discuss all the details in this distracted episode as we record once again from the confines of our individual homes, and groovy music from the year of our births. 

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Resources

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great_inflation

https://www.marketplace.org/2018/09/05/5-things-70s-inflation/

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-70s-events

https://groovyhistory.com/what-caused-the-great-inflation-of-the-1970s

California borrows money from the Fed, PPP loans continue to fizzle and Elon Musk tanks Tesla stock while getting a huge payout 

Resources

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/04/850177240/not-so-small-businesses-continue-to-benefit-from-ppp-loans

https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-is-first-state-to-borrow-from-federal-government-to-make-unemployment-payments-11588617257

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/elon-musk-clears-last-hurdle-to-collect-706-million-award-from-tesla/ar-BB13DRHe

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/01/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-stock-price-is-too-high-shares-fall.html

Metallica

Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Star, Cheap Trick, and Prince 

Today on this episode we talk about oil going negative?!, the exhaustion of quarantine, and an unpopular opinion on Carolyn Goodman.  

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Boeing, changing food trends and consumer confidence 

Resources

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/avocados-are-in-pork-bellies-out-in-the-era-of-covid-19-pandemic-eating/story-jLBATOzvhxQF7WwnSlyZHI.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/finance-companies/boeing-will-cut-16000-jobs-after-posting-a-massive-loss/ar-BB13n25c

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/markets/consumer-confidence-plunges-as-millions-lose-jobs/ar-BB13kaPd

Tom Petty and the Eurythmics