The Financial Exchange with Barry Armstrong breaks business news first in New England. The longest running business news host in Boston, Barry reports on the latest business developments throughout the country in New England with heavy hitting interviews from CEO’s, analysts and prominent business media professionals.
What can explain the explosion of GDP?
Will AI kill entry-level jobs?
Mike Armstrong and Marc Fandetti discuss the GDP report that showed the US economy grow by 4.3% in the third quarter, its fastest rate in years. How does the GDP report impact future Fed rate cuts? Will AI kill off entry-level jobs? Annual reminder to not get too caught in yearly forecasts.
What can reverse the job market slowdown in 2026?
Chuck Zodda and Mike Armstrong discuss the year the job market hit the wall. Martha Gimbel (Yale Budget Lab - Executive Director) joins the show to chat about how the labor market slowdown can be reversed in 2026. It's time for Financial Festivus! Chuck and Mike reveal the list of the most annoying economic stories of the year.
Is the Santa Clause rally coming to town?
Chuck Zodda and Mike Armstrong discuss what is happening in markets this week. What is the latest on the Netflix, Paramount, Warner Brothers deal? the economy survived 2025, but many Americans are reeling. Mortgage rates are falling but owners still won't sell.
Want to know where the market is going? Don't trust any forecaster.
Chuck Zodda and Mike Armstrong discuss why you can't trust anyone who gives you a market forecast. AI is the hot topic in tech earnings and a blind spot everywhere else. When did everything become 'K-Shaped'? When retirees go back to work is it a sign of a strong labor force or a recession? Will prediction markets make the stock market obsolete? What happened when the Wall Street Journal had AI run its office vending machine?
What really is the Santa Clause rally?
Chuck Zodda and Mike Armstrong discuss the Santa Clause rally. 2026 housing outlook. US says price increases eased last month but data may be distorted and Americans aren't feeling it. Jobs could soon replace prices as the focus of anxiety. The Bank of Japan raised rates. Why you should care.
Warner is making demands for Paramount to saying in the bidding
Chuck Zodda and Mike Armstrong love to chat about feuding billionaires. Warner is making demands from Larry Ellison in Paramount's bid for a takeover. Luke Kawa (Markets Editor - Sherwood News) joins the show to discuss Micron's guidance and AI's growing appetite for memory chips, OpenAI valuation report, CoreWeave's bonds, and if the rest of the market can pick up the slack during an AI downturn. What to do if you fear you're about to laid off this holiday season. Should more be done to tackle ghost jobs? A billion-dollar question hangs over the new AI search marketing industry.
Micron's guidance jolts slumping tech market
Chuck Zodda and Mike Armstrong discuss CPI's pullback and the surprisingly strong slowdown in housing inflation that drove it. Micron jumps on rosy outlook as AI boom spurs memory chip demand. Oracle and Blue Owl split over data center rattles markets banking on AI boom. Wall Street gets a taste of blockbuster stock market debuts ahead. Heating costs to rise nearly 10% this winter. Instacart gets whacked with a report that the FTC is probing the company over AI pricing tool.
Ask Todd: Best ways to protect your assets for your specific situation
Estate planning attorney Todd Lutsky of Cushing & Dolan joins the show for his weekly listener call-in segment and discusses the best ways to protect assets through estate planning. What are the top factors to consider when going through this process?
2026 Housing Market Outlook and Forecast
Chuck Zodda and Marc Fandetti discuss Micron earnings coming under the spotlight after Broadcom and Oracle debacles. Mike Simonsen (Compass Chief Economist) joins the show for a conversation with Chuck about the housing markets outlook for 2026. Warner rejects Paramount's hostile bid, saying Netflix deal still superior.