Joe Weisenthal

What if everyone is wrong.

The founding father’s vision of state-directed development.

Making investments under extreme uncertainty.

Existential questions for the US’s biggest planemaker.

Proposed changes to the discount window and more.

An online version of our competitive pub quiz.

The Fed may have to cut more this year than the market expects, says Jason Cummins.

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What’s behind shale’s big comeback.

White House will ‘continue calling out corporations.’

What to make of a big new type of lending.

How Montgomery County, Maryland pioneered a new affordable housing model.

Jerome Powell didn’t exactly say “mission accomplished” last week, but that’s largely what the markets heard.

What does the future of the restaurant business look like?

More on a chip breakthrough that shocked the world.

Joe Weisenthal says this week could tell us just how well the US economy is doing. Here’s what to watch.

Where are we in the FOMO cycle?

This week’s Jobs Day is shaping up to be a really big one, writes Joe Weisenthal. Here’s what economists are expecting, and what to watch.

Hello and welcome to the weekly Odd Lots newsletter, where Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway bring you their thoughts on the most interesting developments in markets, finance and the economy.

Jan Hatzius explains what economists got wrong in 2024.