Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories

08/04/2017: The Fed’s next course of action

Last month's jobs report is officially in: the U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in July, with the unemployment rate ticking down to 4.3 percent. Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, joined us to put the numbers into context and share how he thinks Janet Yellen and co. might react to the report. Afterwards, we'll discuss the U.S. Virgin Islands' economic woes, which it's trying to help solve by imposing $25-a-day timeshare fees.

Last month’s jobs report is officially in: the U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in July, with the unemployment rate ticking down to 4.3 percent. Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, joined us to put the numbers into context and share how he thinks Janet Yellen and co. might react to the report. Afterwards, we’ll discuss the U.S. Virgin Islands’ economic woes, which it’s trying to help solve by imposing $25-a-day timeshare fees.

Related Topics

Collections:

Latest Episodes

View All Shows
  • Marketplace
    8 hours ago
    25:51
  • Make Me Smart
    14 hours ago
    21:10
  • Marketplace Morning Report
    15 hours ago
    6:50
  • Marketplace Tech
    20 hours ago
    8:28
  • This Is Uncomfortable
    4 days ago
    4:41
  • Million Bazillion
    a month ago
    32:45