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  • Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee this week.
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    Gary Cohn, Trump's chief economic adviser, is the rumored front-runner for a replacement.

  • President Donald Trump arrives at the start of the the G20 summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. 
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    US guidance has been a constant at the economic gathering. That's not the case this year.

  • U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., on June 14.
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    The mid-point of the year is kind of an artificial time to reflect, but here we are.

  • Weekly Wrap: Is it a health care bill or a redistribution of wealth?
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    Rachel Abrams from The New York Times and Sheelah Kolhatkar from The New Yorker join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. Now that Senate Republicans have unveiled their health care plan, a bill drafted in secret, we look at the potential impact it will have on low-income earners and how it could redistribute wealth to […]

  • Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon announced that it will buy Whole Foods for over $13 billion.
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    It wasn't long ago Amazon was just a quaint online book store.

  • National flags flutter near the the Elizabeth Tower, commonly referred to as Big Ben, in central London today.
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    Sheelah Kolhatkar of The New Yorker and David Gura of Bloomberg join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. With the stunning election results in Britain now final, we look at how the political turmoil will impact Brexit negotiations and if the European Union now has leverage. Then, we turn our attention to […]

  • President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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    Ana Swanson of The Washington Post and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. We discuss the latest unemployment rate; with the country at almost full employment, what are the chances of inflation rising? Plus, we look at the business world’s reaction after President Trump’s withdrawal from the […]

  • Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee Thursday on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal.
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    Ana Swanson of The Washington Post and Nela Richardson of Redfin join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about Donald Trump’s plan on achieving 3 percent economic growth and if the math adds up. How does Paul Ryan plan on dealing with the administration’s budget? Plus, we revisit […]

  • President Trump arrives for a press conference in the East Room of the White House.
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    Rachel Abrams of the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about how the latest revelations from the White House will affect Donald Trump’s economic agenda ahead of his trip to Saudi Arabia. Plus, with the controversies surrounding Trump and former […]

  • President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin walk out of the Treasury Department after a financial services Executive Order signing ceremony on April 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. 
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    Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week they talk about if President Trump’s firing of James Comey will slow down the administration’s economic agenda. Plus, they analyze Trump’s handling of the facts in his interview with The Economist.