Where did the recession go?

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A much-dreaded recession doesn’t actually seem to be materializing. We called up some experts — economics reporters Tracy Alloway and Greg Ip, plus our boss, Vox CEO Jim Bankoff — to figure out what’s going on. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Here at Vox, everybody's talking about a soft landing.
0:04.0	Soft landing.
0:05.0	Sean is, I am also producer Miles Bryan,
0:09.0	all talking about how we might not have a recession.
0:12.0	Fetch your drone palace at it too.
0:14.0	Given the resilience of the economy recently,
0:16.0	they are no longer forecasting a recession.
0:19.0	Vox media CEO Jim Bankoff so glad I reached you.
0:24.0	Are you excited?
0:25.0	Okay, voice memo running. Got it up to my ear.
0:28.0	Right, great. Okay, you excited about the soft landing?
0:31.0	I've seen that news, Noel, yes.
0:34.0	Looks like we might not have a recession.
0:36.0	I appreciate the analysis.
0:39.0	I pay attention to the analysis,
0:41.0	but I'm always a little skeptical of the analysis.
0:44.0	Man, coming up on today explained optimism about the economy.
0:50.0	It could have been a lot worse.
0:58.0	Okay, Jim, stop.
1:01.0	Soft landing.
1:05.0	Tracy Alloway is co-host of the AdLots podcast
1:08.0	and a friend of today explained.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.