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  • The Federal Reserve will meet to discuss monetary policy. David Weiss, chief economist at S&P, talks with Steve Chiotakis about what the Fed will be looking at as they make policy decisions and what its options are.

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  • Juli Niemann at Smith, Moore & Co. talks with Bill Radke about the latest housing starts number and what the rise in apartment building tells us.

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  • The airline industry's trade association has changed its profit forecast for the airline industry. It expects a net profit of almost $9 billion. Reporter Alisa Roth talks with Bill Radke about whether this means the airline industry has officially recovered.

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  • Marketplace's Bob Moon talks to Dowell Myers, a professor of demography and urban planning at USC, about politics and the immigration debate.

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  • Commentator Justin Fox says that business people shouldn't spend much time being anxious about this economy's uncertainty but thinking about how to profit off of it.

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  • A report out by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has cut the growth forecast for the U.S. economy. OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria talks with Steve Chiotakis about the state of the U.S. economy and suggestions to improve it.

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  • Julia Coronado, chief economist for North America at BNP Paribas, talks with Bill Radke about whether increasing taxes on anyone right now, including the top earners, would slow this economy and kill jobs.

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  • The advocacy group once known as the Private Equity Council has changed its name to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council. It says it's broadened membership to include smaller firms to help raise money for companies. But Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan thinks there's something a little more obvious going on.

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  • Hawaii has long been known as a tourist destination, but lately it's been gaining popularity as a hub for TV and film production. And now, the show that helped develop that industry is coming back. Heidi Chang reports.

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  • After nearly five months, the government says the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has finally stopped gushing. Reporter Alisa Roth talks with Bill Radke about what how much money BP is out so far and whether we can expect to see BP drilling in the Gulf again.

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