Segments From This Episode

• Cuts to USAID hurt American agricultural research

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  Funding for agriculture research at 17 labs at U.S. universities is now frozen. The labs are laying off workers, and some research is on hold.

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• Manufacturing sector shows signs of life

  by Justin Ho

  

  Orders of manufactured goods have been picking up in recent months, according to the Institute for Supply Management. That’s a sign that production and hiring could increase in the months ahead.

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• Policy uncertainty is the theme of the week

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  We haven’t had a whole lot of it economic data released this week. Policy that affects the economy, however? We’ve had a ton of that. Let’s see how markets are digesting all of it with Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN Financial in New York.

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