CBS Saturday Morning: Ballooning Costs

I joined CBS Saturday Morning to break down the surging rate of inflation and the rest of the nation's economic picture.

CBS Mornings: COVID's Economic Toll

I joined CBS Mornings to discuss the stock market's drop upon news that the Fed could end some emergency COVID measures sooner than expected. Plus, what the newly-identified Omicron COVID-19 variant is doing to the economy.

CBS Saturday Morning: Holiday Retail Sales

There's evidence American consumers are very much in a buying mood. Adobe estimates shoppers spent as much as $9 billion on Black Friday. Consumers are also expected to show up for Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. I joined CBS Saturday Morning to look at what this spending could mean for the upcoming holiday season.

CBS Mornings: Supply Chain Shortages

Supply chain problems across the country could cause havoc for people's holiday plans. Meg Oliver finds out why shoppers may want to hit the grocery store soon to prepare for Thanksgiving, and I explain how long we can expect to see inflated prices.

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy Part Two

The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time.

Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death.

Our guest this weekend, Adam Tooze, brings his analytical and narrative skills to a panoramic and synthetic overview of our current crisis.

In Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, and how deep the ruptures in our way of living and doing business are. 

Have a money question? Email us, ask jill [at] jill on money dot com.

Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy Part One

The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time.

Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death.

Our guest this weekend, Adam Tooze, brings his analytical and narrative skills to a panoramic and synthetic overview of our current crisis.

In Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, and how deep the ruptures in our way of living and doing business are. 

Have a money question? Email us, ask jill [at] jill on money dot com.

Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

CBS Mornings: Tackling the Child Care Crisis

Yours truly and Parents Digital Content Director Julia Dennison joined CBS Mornings to talk about how the child care crisis impacts the economy. We also offered creative solutions and advice for parents.

The Great Resignation

A record-breaking 4.3 million workers quit their jobs in August, the highest number ever recorded. People from all across the pay spectrum resigned, some because of low pay, others from burnout and the desire for a better work-life balance.

Have a money question? Email us, ask jill [at] jill on money dot com.

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"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.