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Weekly Wrap: What the numbers are really telling us
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 7, 2017
Sudeep Reddy of Politico and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about what numbers we should really be focusing on to judge the economy, and the latest happenings at the Federal Reserve.
Outgoing Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo says cyber security is top on his list
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 3, 2017
'It's just a much stronger financial system,' he says, than nine years ago.
What Trump territory thinks about the Fed — and raising interest rates
Mar 31, 2017
Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell wanted to see the economy of Trump voters firsthand.
Weekly Wrap: Janet Yellen and Donald Trump's economic plans
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 17, 2017
Nela Richardson of Redfin and Cardiff Garcia of FT Alphaville join us for the Weekly Wrap to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week is all about Janet Yellen and Donald Trump. While Yellen’s Federal Reserve increased interest rates, Trump released his budget proposal aimed at cutting funds for government agencies and increasing […]
Janet Yellen's job explained in five questions
Mar 15, 2017
The Fed chair is not shy about explaining what is and is not the job of the U.S. central bank.
The Fed is raising rates. Here's how it'll affect you.
Mar 15, 2017
It's a quarter-percent increase, with two more expected this year.
Fed chairs and presidents: a history of rocky relationships
Mar 13, 2017
President Donald Trump and the Fed have had a bit of an up-and-down relationship even before he became president. At one point, he accused Fed Chair Janet Yellen of keeping interest rates low to help President Barack Obama. Another time, he said raising rates would be a disaster. To be fair, he has also said […]
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Weekly Wrap: Two big speeches
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 3, 2017
Trump on the economy and Yellen on interest rates.
The greenback challenges Donald Trump’s agenda
Mar 2, 2017
The U.S. dollar is moving full steam ahead. It’s on its longest winning streak since May. That’s because investors like U.S. economic fundamentals and because they’re betting on an interest-rate hike by the Federal Reserve in March. But the rising dollar is creating problems for President Donald Trump. Click the audio player above to hear […]
How small is too big to fail?
Feb 16, 2017
President Donald Trump has said he wants to roll back much of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that Congress passed after the financial crisis. Smaller regional banks have honed in on one part of Dodd-Frank they would like to change: the rule on how big a bank has to be for it to be considered […]