Segments From This Episode

• Could the Fed's independence be at risk?

  by Nova Safo

  As president, Donald Trump was highly critical of the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell. Now, candidate Trump is signaling that he would want to have more say on interest rate decisions should he regain the presidency — even though the Fed’s relative independence from politics is seen as a key pillar of U.S. economic strength.

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• What can we learn from political polarization in a Michigan swing county?

  by David Brancaccio, Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Erika Soderstrom

  

  Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer visited Kent County, Michigan, to hear how voters there feel about the economy. Here’s what she learned.

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