Segments From This Episode

• Fed cuts key interest rate for second time in 2025

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  Kai puts the latest interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve in context with coverage from Fed Chair Jay Powell's press conference today.

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• How will the U.S. direct trade deal dollars from Japan and South Korea?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  There's already a framework in place to prioritize strategic industries like shipbuilding and AI. A group of advisors will make recommendations and President Trump will make the final selection.

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• Should Nvidia's $5 trillion valuation set off alarm bells?

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The chipmaker has made dozens of investments in AI-related companies just this year, including its latest in Nokia.

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• Merriam-Webster banks on "actual intelligence" over artificial intelligence

  by Kai Ryssdal and Nicholas Guiang

  

  On Nov. 18th, Merriam-Webster is releasing their 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary, calling it their own “large language model.” Greg Barlow, president of Merriam-Webster says AI can’t do what they do: “AI gives definitions, we write the definitions.”

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Facing rising costs, families skip child care altogether

  by Carla Javier

  

  That probably means that a parent — probably the mother — has dropped out of the labor force.

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• Utah baker adds a mall kiosk for the holiday season

  by Andie Corban

  

  A little over a year ago, Rita Magalde moved her previously home-based bakery to a commercial kitchen. This year, she’s adding a mall location.

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