Fed Sees Modest Wage Growth, Dell Gets Boost | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 9/2/2026
The August Beige Book drops and shows both wages and prices are up moderately across the country. Bloomberg TV & Radio Economics & Policy Correspondent Mike McKee reacts. Then, Bloomberg News Washington Correspondent Tyler Kendall sits down the with the CEO of Chevron to discuss the Venezuela oil partnership. Plus, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Woo Jin Ho talks market reaction to Dell’s boosted sales outlook. With autonomous driving becoming more popularized in our vehicles, car insurance companies are finding new ways to price insurance. Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber explains how his insurance company is evolving alongside the auto industry. Finally, ‘Our Town’ Podcast Co-Hosts Meribah Knight and Susan Berfield talk about the small Tennessee town at the heart of a fight over Christian Nationalism.
Chapters
00:00:00 Bloomberg Businessweek Daily
00:01:38 Market Update: Stocks Rebound as Oil Rises
00:02:50 Fed Beige Book: Economy Expands Modestly
00:05:16 Chevron’s $7 Billion Venezuela Investment
00:06:41 U.S. Pushes to Ramp Up Venezuelan Oil
00:08:08 Chevron CEO on Investing in Venezuela
00:10:02 Questions Over Venezuela’s Strategic Oil Fields
00:11:02 Dell Surges on AI Server Demand
00:13:33 Does Dell Strengthen the AI Spending Boom?
00:15:18 Dell, HPE & the AI Server Ecosystem
00:16:35 PC Prices Rise as Memory Costs Surge
00:20:46 Lemonade CEO on Autonomous Car Insurance
00:22:03 Pricing Insurance Based on How You Drive
00:23:56 Are Self-Driving Cars Really Safer?
00:25:01 Expanding Autonomous Insurance Beyond Tesla
00:26:50 Lemonade’s Pet Insurance Growth
00:28:48 Telematics & the Future of Auto Insurance
00:34:16 Bloomberg’s “Our Town” Podcast
00:35:21 A Small Tennessee Town Battles Newcomers
00:38:14 Following the Money Behind the “Aligned Community”
00:40:01 How Locals Are Fighting Back
00:44:02 Stock Movers: Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs
00:45:52 PG&E Falls on California Wildfire Concerns
00:47:06 Sphere Entertainment Gets an Upgrade
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