Bloomberg Podcasts
@bloombergpodcasts·503K subscribers·32.4K videos
CEOs Concerned About the Consumer, Says Rebecca Homkes
Posted
August 12, 2026
Views
1,208
Likes
31
Comments
9
Engagement
August 12, 2026
1,208
31
9
3.31%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Episode Timeline
Every episode in order around the one you’re watching — click any card and the page flips straight to it.
5:33Now PlayingRebecca Homkes, lecturer at the London School of Economics, said that all CEOs are concerned about the state of the consumer, but how just concerned or optimistic they are varies by industry. Homkes described the difference in experience as a continuum of companies that deal in 'dirt,' meaning infrastructure or supply chain, to companies that deal directly with the consumer economy.
--------
Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube
Weekdays 7am-6pm ET
Saturday & Sunday 7am-10am ET
Follow us on X
Subscribe to our Podcasts:
Bloomberg Daybreak
Bloomberg Surveillance
Bloomberg Intelligence
Balance of Power
Bloomberg Businessweek
Listen on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with the Bloomberg Business app:
Apple CarPlay
Android Auto
Visit our YouTube channels:
Bloomberg Podcasts
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Originals
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
