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We dodged another government shutdown

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2018
It was a busy week in Washington.
President Donald Trump gestures to the $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress early Friday, with Vice President Mike Pence, center, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, at the White House.
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"We were using duct tape and string to try to hold the thing together"

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 16, 2018
We get a preview of Kai's interview with Tim Geithner, Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke.
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Jobs report: What's not to like?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 9, 2018
More than 300,000 jobs were added to the economy last month.
Surrounded by steel and aluminum workers, President Donald Trump signs a proclamation on steel imports at the White House on March 8.
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Are we moving away from a global free market?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 2, 2018
We look at how tariffs could affect current trade deals after Trump's surprise announcement this week.
President Trump participates in a meeting with leaders of the steel and aluminum industries at the White House on March 1.
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A new and uncharted economic territory

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 23, 2018
What can we expect in this post-tax bill economy?
Jerome Powell at his swearing-in ceremony Feb. 5 at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.
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Are we too worried about inflation, but not worried enough about deficits?

by Marketplace Staff
Feb 16, 2018
We take a look at the Republican Party's flip-flop on debt.
Kevin Hassett, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, at a daily White House briefing in November.
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Hey, what’s going on in the economy?

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 9, 2018
Five days of volatile markets, a five-hour government shutdown and one budget bill later ...
Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on Feb. 2.
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The market is not the economy ...

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 2, 2018
... but maybe they're kissing cousins?
A monitor displays the day's final numbers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell today.
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Let's talk about Trump's speech in Davos

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 26, 2018
Plus: A rising GDP but a "weak" dollar?
President Donald Trump looks on after delivering his speech to the World Economic Forum annual meeting today in Davos, Switzerland.
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Tick, tock

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 19, 2018
Time is running out to avert a government shutdown.
The U.S. Capitol is seen as lawmakers work to avert a government shutdown today in Washington, D.C.
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