Join CFC's Sam Kem, senior economic research analyst, and Carolina Park, senior manager of Financial Tools & Analysis, as they use the 2025 KRTA results to discover how distribution cooperatives dealt with last year's challenges.

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he looks at why futures markets have started pricing in rate hikes instead of cuts. 

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Sources:

• Real Gross Domestic Product (GDPC1) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index (PCEPI) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Personal Saving Rate (PSAVERT) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Consumer Loans: Credit Cards and Other Revolving Plans, All Commercial Banks (CCLACBW027SBOG) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEC96) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Disposable Personal Income (DSPI) | FRED | St. Louis FedFedWatch - CME Group 
• Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit (DFEDTARU) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an Investment Basis (DGS10) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 

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Join CFC expert John Suter, vice president of economic research, as he digs into the economics behind $7,000 NBA finals tickets and the value of experiences. 

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Sources:

• https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/most-expensive-sporting-event-ever-185732307.html

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he looks at the historical fallout of tech-based market bubbles.

Sources:

• What’s driving stock market returns? | J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) PE Ratio History & Chart Since 2004
• AMZN PE Ratio History & Chart Since 2003
• Apple Inc. (AAPL) PE Ratio History & Chart Since 1984
• META PE Ratio History & Chart Since 2013
• MSFT PE Ratio History & Chart Since 1986
• NVDA PE Ratio History & Chart Since 1999
• Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) PE Ratio History & Chart Since 2020

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Join CFC researchers Sam Kem, Alisha Pinto and Chris Whittle as they discuss CFC's new issue brief, "Considerations for a Changing Grid: How Are Cooperatives Ensuring Electric Reliability?" 

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains how conditions in each state are affecting population size and potential economic growth.
 

Sources:

• GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2026
• Population Decline in the US by State
• 2024: PUB Public Sector Annual Surveys and Census of Governments
• GDP by State
• Annual growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States in 2025, by state
• SARPP Regional price parities by state
• Household Income in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2024
• Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
• Income inequality (Gini Coefficient)
• State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government: U.S. and States: 2017 - 2023

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Join CFC expert John Suter, vice president of economic research, as he looks at current rising bond yields, likely interest-rate trends and how CFC borrowers have coped with higher rates in the past.

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Join Economic & Market Watch producer Kathy Ryan for a bonus, behind-the-scenes look at how AI has changed the economic research team and the show in the past year. 

Links:

• Read Sam's article "Hormuz: Examining Hidden Risks to Rural America."
• Watch Brian Sloboda's Solutions Cast episode mentioned in the show.
• Watch CFC's Amy LaVigna on AI risk, governance, and oversight.

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Join Sam Kem, senior economic research analyst at CFC, as she identifies which economic indicators we should be looking at in a K-shaped economy.

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• Read the New York Fed's "Same Shock, Different Roads? A K‑Shaped Pattern at the Pump." 
• Listen to Antony Davies' episode, "Why Does Inflation Feel Worse Than the Numbers Tell Us? — May 11, 2026."

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains why what we feel doesn't match what we measure. 

Sources:

• Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average (CPIAUCSL) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Average Price: Coffee, 100%, Ground Roast, All Sizes (Cost per Pound/453.6 Grams) in U.S. City Average (APU0000717311) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by detailed expenditure category - 2026 M03 Results
• Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. and Midwest Region : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and South Region : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and Northeast Region : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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