Segments From This Episode

• Markets anticipate a Fed rate cut next week

  by David Brancaccio

  The average 30-year fixed-rate home loan is down to 6.27%. Gone (for) now are those days of 7%. Let's discuss with Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN Financial in New York.

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• A possible media merger in the works

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Published reports today indicate a big merger of movie and TV studios is in the works: Paramount Skydance is reportedly preparing an offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.

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• A regional economic snapshot from the upper Midwest

  by David Brancaccio, Chris Farrell, Meredith Garretson Morbey and Alex Schroeder

  

  What can we learn about the wider U.S. economy by looking at business conditions and job markets on a region-by-region basis?

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