Segments From This Episode

• Rates determined by the Fed versus by global investors

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  President Donald Trump decided to browbeat Fed Chair Jerome Powell in person on Thursday during a visit to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters (which are currently under construction). Trump has been pressuring Powell to lower interest rates for months. But the central bank doesn’t control interest rates directly.

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• Tariffs on products vs. tariffs on countries: an explainer

  by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder

  

  The Trump administration’s tariffs roughly break down into one of two categories. What do each of them mean for the global economy?

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