America's Truckin' Network -- 5/14/26

About this episode

Kevin discusses various economic topics including U.S.-China relations and price indices.

Kevin covers and discusses the following stories: due to the time difference in Beijing, President Trump and Chinese President Xi are currently meeting and pundits are discussing what might or might not be discussed; the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Producer Price Index and Core Producer Price Index; within the Consumer Price Index discussed yesterday, electricity demand is a big factor; President Trump is floating the idea of a federal gas and diesel tax holiday, pushback is coming from unlikely sources; Oil and gas prices continue their wild ride while waiting on results from Beijing and interest rates; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Kevin

Topics covered

• U.S.-China relations
• Producer Price Index
• Consumer Price Index
• gas and diesel tax holiday
• oil and gas prices
• interest rates

Keywords

• President Trump
• Chinese President Xi
• Producer Price Index
• Consumer Price Index
• gas tax holiday
• oil prices
• interest rates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Places: Beijing

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