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Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers

Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers

Economic Indicators at Historic Extremes | Andy Schectman

Oct 16, 2026 · 51m

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Sign up for the newsletter and see exclusives now at WestallMedia.com or still at SarahWestall.Substack.comEconomist and Miles Franklin President Andy Schectman returns to the Economic Review to discuss the growing pressures weighing on the economy, from persistent inflation to consumer confidence sitting near multi-year lows.In today’s discussion, Sarah and Andy examine what he describes as an increasingly uneven stock market, with a small group of companies pushing indexes higher while many other stocks struggle near 52-week lows. Schectman characterizes the market as an upside-down pyramid and argues that an outsized share of capital is flowing into artificial intelligence-related…