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May 25, 2017

05/25/2017: Trump wants Europe to spend more on defense. Will they listen?

Part of Trump’s agenda during his meeting with NATO leaders includes pushing them to join an anti-ISIS coalition and invest more in their militaries. We’ll take a look at the numbers behind Europe’s defense spending. Then back in the U.S., we’ll discuss the increase in mortgage co-signing for first-time home buyers, and explore NYU’s new effort to help college students graduate early.

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First-time homebuyers are taking out more new loans
by Ryan Kailath
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
And nearly a quarter of them are using a gift from family or a friend, realtors say.
NYU program piles on classes for early graduation
by Kristin Schwab
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
That's a year's worth of tuition saved. But something may be lost as well.
Sears’ continuing struggles have its suppliers jittery
by Aaron Schrank
The struggle is real for Sears Holdings — the company behind Sears and Kmart. The once-powerful brand warned investors back in March that there was “substantial doubt” about its future. This week, Sears announced it’s pushed back a deadline on a $500 million loan by six months. That’s got Sears vendors even more anxious about […]
What the insurance markets would look like in states that get waivers for pre-existing conditions
by Marielle Segarra
The Congressional Budget Office has released its report on the health care bill passed in the House of Representatives. It projects an additional 23 million people would be uninsured under that bill. And it also imagines what the insurance market would look like in states that take advantage of one of the bill’s key provisions: […]
05/25/2017: The stock market’s decline since the roaring ’80s
by David Brancaccio
Disappointment over declining oil prices abound. OPEC had agreed to make production cuts to help with an oil glut, but it seems these policy changes aren't helping — and neither is the U.S. We'll look at how America's own production habits undercuts the cartel's. Afterwards, we'll look at how state insurance markets that get waivers for pre-existing conditions would react to the GOP's new health care bill, and then talk about how the stock market has been in decline since the '80s.
The stock market isn’t the same as it was in the ’80s, and that has big consequences for your retirement savings
by David Brancaccio
Visual Hunt
It doesn't seem like the spirit of the Roaring '80s will come back anytime soon.

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05/25/2017: Trump wants Europe to spend more on defense. Will they listen?

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Segments From This Episode

First-time homebuyers are taking out more new loans

NYU program piles on classes for early graduation

Sears’ continuing struggles have its suppliers jittery

What the insurance markets would look like in states that get waivers for pre-existing conditions

05/25/2017: The stock market’s decline since the roaring ’80s

The stock market isn’t the same as it was in the ’80s, and that has big consequences for your retirement savings