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Somehow, I've made it this far into this weird wacky week without uttering our favorite phrase.

You know what's coming from American public media?

This is Marketplace. In New York, I'm Kristen Schwab in for Kyra's doll. It's Thursday, August 8th. Thanks for joining us.

The stock market is not the economy. There you go. I said it. But since Monday's drop,

it kind of feels like the stock market suddenly has an outsized presence in the economy.

Analysts, traders, and economists have been squinting at its moves trying to figure out what it might tell us about where things are heading.

One way to gather some intel is to pay close attention to how individual companies are performing

and how those companies think they'll perform in the future.

Marketplace is Sabrie Benashore takes the temperature on earnings season.

AirB&B said it expects its growth to slow down in the third quarter.

And its earnings call on Tuesday, Chief Financial Officer

Ellie Mertz said people aren't booking as far out in advance as they used to.

Well, we're not seeing the same level of strength is in those longer lead times.

So two months from now, you know, what you're booking for Thanksgiving, what you're

booking for Christmas.

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