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Nov 2024
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What Rockefeller Center’s Bond Deal Mean...

The Wall Street Journal
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Welcome to WSJ’s Take On the Week. Co-hosts Gunjan Banerji, lead writer for Live Markets, and Telis Demos, Heard on the Street’s banking and money columnist, cut through the noise and dive into markets, the economy, and finance—the big trades, key players and business news ahead.


This week, Telis and Gunjan debrief on how chip maker Nvidia crossed the $100 billion mark in its annual sales, as well as how consumer spending is faring in the wake of retail earnings, like Target’s. And we check in on the lead up to the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the personal-consumption expenditures price index.


Later on in the show, they get into the holiday spirit and talk about New York’s iconic Rockefeller Center ahead of its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony and they dig into its recent $3.5 billion refinancing deal. Deputy Chief Economist Rebecca Rockey from commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield joins us to talk about the transaction and what it means for the commercial real estate market at large, and even for everyday investors.


Have an idea for a future guest or episode? How can we better help you take on the week? We’d love to hear from you. Email takeontheweek@wsj.com or the hosts at telis.demos@wsj.com and gunjan.banerji@wsj.com.  


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