Regional banks are doing alright, actually
Marketplace
American Public Media
4.6 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Two midsize U.S. lenders claimed they were victims of loan fraud this week, sending bank stocks into a tailspin. But by close Friday, markets evened out — and for good reason: Regional banks, overall, are actually doing well. In this episode, we dispel the midsize bank sector doomsayers. Plus: Rising auto loan delinquencies could be a consumer debt canary in the coal mine, American culinary sensibilities have moved beyond “foodie” culture, and goats are the star employees in one family's landscaping business.
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| 0:47.1 | Funnily enough, the economy keeps going even when the government doesn't. |
| 0:53.9 | From American Public Media, this is Marketplace. |
| 1:02.3 | In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdall. It is Friday, today, October the 17th. Good as always to have you along, everybody. It's not a joke, you know, politicians are going to politic, but the economy does not wait. So we're going to talk about where things are and where they might be going with Anna Swanson from the New York Times. Also, Greg Epp from the Wall Street Journal. Hey, you too. Hey, Kai. Hey, Kai. Greg, we start with you, and I was going to start some place actually, but now I'm going to start with this. Without using the words, shut down or federal reserve, answer my question up at the top. Where is this economy right now? Oh, are you sure I can't say those words? You may not. You may not. It's my show |
| 1:45.8 | my rules. Last thing we heard was the economy was growing really well, like a three or four percent |
| 1:52.2 | annual rate in the quarter that ended September 30th. But the weird thing is that the labor market |
| 1:57.8 | was not. Employment was barely growing. and to the extent that we've had any information |
| 2:01.8 | in the last few weeks that's still kind of the picture that we have it's really kind of a strange |
| 2:06.9 | two-speed economy and whether you like the high speed or the low speed depends on which part of it you're on |
| 2:12.1 | if you have anything to do with artificial intelligence or frankly gold, gold or crypto, you're doing great. |
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