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The Weekly Wrap: Biden's economic plan
"Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal talks with Bloomberg’s Jordyn Holman and The New York Times’ Jeanna Smialek about President-elect Joe Biden’s stimulus plan and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s latest remarks on future monetary policy.
Big banks' profits are doing better than the economy
by Justin Ho
Jan 15, 2021
They've been raking in money thanks to the strong stock market, companies' appetite for debt and initial public offerings.
Trump administration ends push to restructure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
by Amy Scott
Jan 15, 2021
A plan to return the mortgage giants to private control was complicated by the pandemic's economic risks.
"Civil society is much more fragile than I think Americans appreciate," says outgoing FCC Chair Ajit Pai
by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Jan 15, 2021
Pai says Congress needs to legislate rules so that agency regulations, like net neutrality, don't swing with the leader's political affiliation.