What Results From BP And Other Companies Say About The Economy

AAA reports that the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is just $2.15, the lowest since 2004. But there's a flip side in today's earnings report from British oil giant BP. It posted its third straight quarterly loss and the company blamed its results, in part, on low energy prices.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Curt Nickisch of the Harvard Business Review about BP, a sour earnings report for McDonalds, and a mixed report from Caterpillar.

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Curt Nickisch, senior editor at Harvard Business Review. He tweets @CurtNickisch.