Ep 521: Stocks Are Up, Prices Are Still High, and Nobody Agrees on What's Next. Here's What to Do.

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Business

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Q1 2026 has been a lot. Tariffs. Oil above $100 a barrel. A war in the Middle East. Recession chatter. Stock market swings. And the creeping feeling that something has shifted in the economy… and not for the better. This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with economist and fan-favorite guest Kathryn Edwards for a full Q1 economic report card and a roadmap for what Q2 might bring. In this episode: The K-shaped economy explained Why the White House's 4% growth projection was never realistic, and how we got from boom talk to recession odds so fast How long oil prices need to stay elevated before the economic damage becomes truly lasting Why Kathryn is still an optimist, and why she believes Americans are resilient to change Links mentioned: Follow Kathryn on socials: @kedseconomist Subscribe to Optimist Economy wherever you get your podcasts Join InvestingFixx — your first two classes are free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Seth Shackner. Check out my new show, Breaking Down the Biz. Every week, I sit down with people who actually make movies, music, and media happen.
0:10.4	Executives from Sony, Universal, Apple, NBC. Together, we cut through industry jargon and hype to show you how the business is built.
0:18.4	What's key to making everything come together and why it
0:21.5	matters to you. From iTunes impact on the music industry to the advent of AI, from the Taylor
0:26.7	Swift ticket sales fiasco to Bad Bunny's meteoric rise, we break down the stories, the numbers,
0:33.2	and the negotiations that shape the industry. I've been in the trenches of the entertainment
0:37.1	industry for several decades with leadership
0:39.1	roles at companies like Sony, Paramount, and Jive Records.
0:42.5	My guests and I are going to provide the same thoughtful, concise insights that I'm
0:47.1	trusted to bring on TV networks like CNN and NBC surrounding the industry and its culture-defining
0:52.6	moments.
0:53.5	We'll touch on the business of music, filmmaking, and streaming, and the emerging technology of our time.
0:58.8	If you've ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes of the entertainment business,
1:02.7	this is a bite-sized insider guide.
1:05.9	Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform or watch us on YouTube so you never miss a beat. Let's make
1:12.3	sense of this industry together.
1:17.7	How do you know when you've had a bad week? Sure, a bird poops on your head Monday morning. It hasn't gone great so far, but it's still Monday. You need to let the week evolve. Like you can't declare on Monday at lunchtime, this is a bad week. But if by Thursday you've like gotten in a car accident, failed a test, missed a car payment, something like that, like by Thursday, you can be like, all right, this week is bad. I can declare that this week is bad. That is exactly how recessions work. We don't look at the first
1:48.0	piece of the first piece of bad news
1:48.9	and say, that's it, recession. We basically wait to see all of the data come in and not just what data
1:55.7	comes in, but how that data evolves. Hey, everyone.
2:01.9	Welcome to Hermione.
2:03.0	I'm Gene Chatsky.
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