Mitchell Hartman
speaker
1,173 appearances
40 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 6d ago
Mitchell Hartman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 39 in all, peaking in Jan 2026 with 7.
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The conference board asks consumers about their plans to buy stuff over the next six months.
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And consumers are cutting their spending on discretionary services as the cost of more necessary ones, like medical care, insurance, and utilities keeps rising.
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And she says that could be before you even hit the popcorn and candy counter.
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I'm Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace.
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I think it's important to say that the SP five hundred is not mechanically the
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First off, this wasn't an entirely typical statistical July for retail.
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And it could extend to August and beyond as consumers' mood sours.
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The University of Michigan's sentiment index is down sharply this month with the recent spike in gas prices.
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Kiara Barrett tracks consumer trends at market research firm Circana.
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She's been tracking back to school spending.
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That's electronics, apparel, footwear, office supplies, where prices are up five percent over last year, and parents are buying less to try not to end up in the hole.
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Now some retail sectors did pretty well in July, says Fifth Third's Bill Adams.
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discretionary
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were up as well.
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Clothing, health, personal care, and beauty, says Circana's Kiara Barrett.
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I'm Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace.
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One year ago, prices were rising by two point seven percent year over year.
Workers' average hourly pay was growing by four percent.
Fast forward to now, prices are now rising three and a half percent a year, but wage growth has slowed to just three point two percent.
Real earnings that's pay after accounting for inflation actually turned negative back in April.
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