Main Street and Wall Street are often at a distance when it comes to the state of the economy. However, swings in the stock market have become amplified lately, and a barrage of divisive economic signals, combined with plummeting technology stocks, led financial markets to close April at lows last seen when the pandemic began in March 2020. 

Jeff Powell and Jeremy Witbeck, provide their thoughts on whether inflation and fast-rising interest rates could hit spending, profits and — ultimately — economic growth.