{
  "id": 696734,
  "title": "CEOs Concerned About the Consumer, Says Rebecca Homkes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ceos-concerned-about-the-consumer-says-rebecca-homkes",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:37:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-12/ceos-concerned-about-the-consumer-says-rebecca-homkes-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rebecca 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. (Source:…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}