Welcome to the Jill on Money podcast. It is Wednesday, May 26th. And we are so happy you're

joining us. You know, over the last couple of weeks, there's been some gyrations and

markets. No, not Bitcoin, which has been fascinating. I'm Mark and I are just watching

it day to day. I keep asking him, when are you going to jump in? And he's not sure, but

he thinks it has to be starting with a two as we like to say in the old trader, Parallels,

it's got to have a two handle. So in the 20,000s, Mark might get back in. I've never owned

Bitcoin. But the rest of the market seems to be shaking out a little bit and maybe some

concern around inflation. There could be some concern about rising interest rates. There

just could be concern that things have gone up so much for so long. We're going to take

a breather. So the folks over at CBSN, which is the streaming network for CBS asked me to

come on board and chat with them. So last week, I had a great conversation with my pal Ann

Marie Green. She's lovely. We talked about markets and the economy where things stand.

I thought this would be a good little midweek blip for you guys. So here's my segment about

markets and the economy from CBSN, the streaming network.

Homme has been a volatile month for the stock market. This comes amid concerns over inflation

and how the Federal Reserve might respond. So joining us now to discuss how to navigate

a zig-zagging stock market is CBSN's business analyst, Jill Slesinger. Thank you so much

for joining us. Jill, you know, Jill, there is the stock market and there is the economy.

And sometimes the two tell us about each other and sometimes they just seem to be working

in opposite directions. So I will start with this. How was the economy doing as it rebounds

from the pandemic? And what is it telling us about where the markets are heading?

The economy is doing quite well. It expanded at an extraordinarily strong pace as we look

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