Segments From This Episode

• Government data is healing

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  Wanna know what the unemployment rate in October was? Or inflation? Consumer spending? So do economists all over the economy. But we don't know, because we didn't get that data due to the government shutdown. Now that things are reopening, some numbers should start flowing soon, though others won't. Let's discuss with Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives.

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• Adriana Kugler violated stock-trading rules

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The U.S. Office of Government Ethics released a report over the weekend that says a former top Fed official violated the central bank’s rules on stock trading. The official, Fed Governor Adriana Kugler, resigned abruptly in August.

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• U.S. producers and Chinese buyers are buoyed by U.S.-China trade truce

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  Marketplace checks in with some American producers and Chinese buyers at a recent trade show in Shanghai.

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