The Fed, women entrepreneurs and the Kardashians’ long goodbye

We gather the numbers to know from the week’s biggest economic and business news stories so you can impress your friends.

If you have even a passing interest in economic news, you would have picked up on the buzz around the week’s big story: The United States Federal Reserve’s decidedly more upbeat outlook as the economy starts to pick up steam. As COVID-19 vaccine shots go into arms around the world many people are starting to look forward to once again travelling, partying and shopping, all of which has gotten folks in the financial markets worrying about the ‘i’ word: Inflation. Crucially, one person who is not worried about imminent inflation is Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. More on that in a moment.