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Sequester: The good and the bad

The now-infamous sequestration — the $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts — kicks in today. We take a look at the bad and the good that might come out of the process.

The now-infamous sequestration — the $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts — kicks in today. 

Chris Low, chief economist of FTN Financial, joins Marketplace Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to discuss the bad and the good that might come out of the process.

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