What do U.S. Treasury auctions have to do with me?

Later this week, the U.S. Treasury will auction off billions of
dollars worth of 30-year bonds. While that may seem yawn-worthy
to most of us, the outcome of that sale has big ramifications for
consumer borrowing costs down the road. We’ll explain. Also in
this episode: Targeting of international students hurts public
and private universities, “core goods” is where tariff-driven
inflation might show up first, and students at a fast-growing
high school in Utah run their own soda shop.


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