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Gen X-ers Snubbed on Black Friday & US Poverty Line is $140K?

Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew

Business News, News, Business

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Episode 725: Neal and Toby recap the biggest holiday shopping time of the year and the different spending habits between Gen Z and Gen X spenders. Then, a viral essay believes the new US poverty line is $140,000. And, a late rally pushes the stock market near another record high. Also, Google’s new hurricane model may be the future of weather forecasting. Finally, what you need to know coming up in the week ahead.  Check out https://www.linkedIn.com/mbd for more. Get your MBD live show tickets here! https://www.tinyurl.com/MBD-HOLIDAY  Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.1

Good morning for your daily show.

0:38.8

I'm Neil Fryman.

0:39.6

And I'm Toby Howell.

0:40.6

Today, Gen Z was feeling the love on Black Friday.

0:43.6

Gen X, not so much.

0:45.2

Then, should the poverty line actually be four times higher than the official threshold?

0:50.3

It's Monday, December 1st.

0:52.2

Let's ride.

0:57.3

Oof. This Monday hits hard.

0:59.8

Hope you all had a relaxing Thanksgiving break and sending strength in your upcoming attempt

1:04.1

to dig out of the mountain of emails you said you'd circle back to after the holiday.

1:08.6

Today is the first day of December, which means it's time for the

1:11.8

annual game of Whamageddon. What's that, you ask? It's an annual contest in which players

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