Dec 11, 2019

Too many Americans are getting debt for Christmas

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Plus: What you need to know from the last Fed meeting of the year and the big tech regulation that's a sticking point in the USMCA.

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Britain’s general election: a choice between starkly contrasting economic visions

by Stephen Beard

Dec 11, 2019

Two radically different plans are up for consideration in Thursday’s general election.

Brexit once again looms large in the UK general election.

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Lots of Americans go into debt over the holidays

by Samantha Fields

Nov 26, 2019

It’s the most financially stressful time of the year.

A man walks past holiday decorations along Fifth Avenue in New York.

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The Fed may have been wrong about the economy for years

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

Dec 11, 2019

2019 saw a major shift in monetary policy. Does that mean the Fed has been wrong about the economy for years?

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks following the final FOMC meeting of 2019.

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Tech companies get a win in the USMCA

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Dec 11, 2019

The treaty will extend to Canada and Mexico a provision of U.S. law that protects them from being sued for what their users' do.

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Music from the episode

Make Me Feel Janelle Monáe

Dance Through It Twin Peaks

Wild Beach House

Hands of Time Kraak & Smaak, Alxndr London

Chrome (Digital Bonus) Photay

Soul Vibration J-Walk

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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