Kai Risdahl

Also challenging for corporate America.

Also challenging for corporate America.

Delta Airlines reported this morning a bellwether of the travel industry and also a company that is smack in the crosshairs of all of the war's disruptions.

Delta Airlines reported this morning a bellwether of the travel industry and also a company that is smack in the crosshairs of all of the war's disruptions.

Soaring jet fuel prices, consumers jittery about geopolitical conflict and that shutdown induced hours long lines thing we went through at TSA.

Soaring jet fuel prices, consumers jittery about geopolitical conflict and that shutdown induced hours long lines thing we went through at TSA.

How then did Delta do?

How then did Delta do?

Well, pretty darn well, actually.

Well, pretty darn well, actually.

Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman explains what's going on there.

Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman explains what's going on there.

Delta plans to raise airfare, raise baggage fees.

Delta plans to raise airfare, raise baggage fees.

We, the United States, that is, spend way, way more than we take in.

We, the United States, that is, spend way, way more than we take in.

The way we cover that shortfall, the deficit that accumulates every year and that adds up to the national debt, the way we cover that is by borrowing a lot.

The way we cover that shortfall, the deficit that accumulates every year and that adds up to the national debt, the way we cover that is by borrowing a lot.

And who the Treasury Department borrows from does make a difference.

And who the Treasury Department borrows from does make a difference.