It's Wednesday, May 14th.
I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show that appreciates Pope Leo XIV's sense of brevity.
When asked by a reporter if he had any message for the United States,
the Pope said, and I quote, many.
Your holiness, same.
On today's show,
singer Cassie Ventura takes a stand in music mogul Sean Diddy Combs' federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.
And the Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Afghans in the U.S.
But let's start with the economy, which is, well, actually, I don't know.
And that's frustrating as a consumer and an American.
On Tuesday, new federal data showed inflation slowed in the month of April.
It rose a little more than 2% from a year earlier.
the slowest annual pace since 2021.
Egg prices fell, and so did the price of gas.
Separately,
some economists are also saying that the U.S.'s new deal with China to temporarily slash tariffs might be enough to stave off a recession.
And that's good!
Seriously!
So why do I, and maybe you, still feel pretty anxious about how the economy is doing?
And I'm not just saying that.