Segments From This Episode

• Traders lean toward a half-point rate cut

  by David Brancaccio

  The official government reports on jobs and unemployment are out this morning. August payrolls grew by 142,000, and the unemployment rate went down slightly to 4.2%. For more on how the latest data will determine how much interest rates go down in the weeks to come, we’re joined by Christopher Low, chief financial officer at FHN Financial in New York.

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• A proposed commission with a wildly optimistic goal

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Elon Musk suggested the notion of a government efficiency commission during a conversation streamed on X last month and said that Donald Trump should appoint him to it. Yesterday, at the Economic Club of New York, Trump officially endorsed the idea.

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• The NFL goes to Brazil as part of global push

  by Savannah Peters

  

  The Philadelphia Eagles will face the Green Bay Packers in São Paulo, Brazil — the NFL’s first regular season game played in South America.

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