A pounder of a quarter: American banks report

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: A pounder of a quarter: American banks report
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• Duration: 00:22:33
• Published: 2021-07-16 12:04

Bank bosses are jubilant: revenues were down but profits way up. We look at the pandemic-driven reasons behind the windfall, and ask how long their influence may last. A thicket of conflicting laws is complicating Jamaica’s plans to enter the wider medical-marijuana market. And our critic reports from a slimmed-down Cannes film festival.

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