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What will monetary policy look like with Gary Cohn as Fed Chair?

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 25, 2017
His market and business influenced perspective is a change from previous frameworks.
Gary Cohn, chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump, is a potential replacement for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
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With Steve Bannon out, what’s at stake for Trump’s economic agenda?

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 18, 2017
The former chief strategist joins the list of the administration’s developing tradition of Friday departures.
President Donald Trump and Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 2017 in Washington, DC.
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How markets are responding to the White House’s unpredictability

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 11, 2017
How much can Wall Street shrug off?
President Trump speaks during a security briefing Thursday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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And we're back! July jobs report shows prerecession numbers

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 4, 2017
A roundup of this week's business and economic news.
The number of jobs created has risen steeply over the past few months, but employers may not find workers as easy to attract as in the past.
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How close are we to tax reform?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 28, 2017
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says the White House and Republicans in Congress are on the same page, but questions remain.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies during a Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on the budget on Capitol Hill in June.
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What the trade deficit means to Trump's trade agenda

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 21, 2017
NAFTA negotiations are quickly approaching.
President Trump leaves after speaking at the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
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Is Janet Yellen's time as Fed chair coming to a close?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 14, 2017
Gary Cohn, Trump's chief economic adviser, is the rumored front-runner for a replacement.
Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee this week.
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Is Trump headed for a trade war at the G-20 summit?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 7, 2017
US guidance has been a constant at the economic gathering. That's not the case this year.
President Donald Trump arrives at the start of the the G20 summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. 
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Janet Yellen says not to expect another financial crisis anytime soon. Is she right?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 30, 2017
The mid-point of the year is kind of an artificial time to reflect, but here we are.
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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Weekly Wrap: Is it a health care bill or a redistribution of wealth?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 23, 2017
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 […]
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