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President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey

by Kai Ryssdal
May 9, 2017
We'll talk about the reason the White House gave and what this means for Trump's policy goals.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with FBI Director James Comey during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: Can Trump's tax reform hold up?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 5, 2017
Cardiff Garcia from FT Alphaville and Rachel Abrams from The New York Times join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week they discuss the numbers from the recent jobs report and try to piece together President Trump’s tax reform plan. Just what challenges does his plan present? 
President Trump speaks in the White House Rose Garden following the House of Representatives vote on the health care bill on May 4.
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On Fifth Avenue, vacancy rates spike along with rents

by Ryan Kailath
May 4, 2017
Stores on the world's most expensive retail strip are fleeing high rents.
A retail space is available for rent on Fifth Avenue in New York, where rents and vacancies have spiked.
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The Trump effect on the Federal Reserve

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 3, 2017
The president could appoint as many as five new interest-rate-setting governors.
What types of people will President Trump appoint to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors?
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Washington’s luxury home market gets big boost from Trump cabinet picks

by Adam Allington
May 1, 2017
While certainly not a cheap place to live, Washington, D.C., has never really been known as a place where the uber-wealthy go to buy property. But, some current members of President Trump’s cabinet may have changed that, according to a new report from the real estate brokerage Redfin. The D.C. luxury home market rose more […]
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Economic Anxiety Index®

A lot of people are worried about crumbling infrastructure

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 1, 2017
Our Marketplace-Edison Research Poll shows strong support for rebuilding America.
Eighty-three percent of respondents to our Marketplace-Edison Research Poll told us they support the idea of Congress passing a large infrastructure bill to repair roads, bridges and airports.
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Weekly Wrap: What Trump's tax plan tells us

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 28, 2017
Nela Richardson from Redfin and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about President Trump’s tax plan. There are still a lot of questions surrounding it, but it aims to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 percent and would benefit the wealthy and corporations the […]
President Trump's tax plan is up for discussion.
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First quarter GDP will offer clues to where economy is headed under Trump

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 28, 2017
The GDP first estimate for the first quarter is out Friday. President Trump has promised growth of 4 or even 5 percent; his treasury secretary just promised major economic growth in defense of the president’s supply-side tax proposal. But what, realistically, is the first quarter GDP likely to show? Economists are puzzling over a contradiction […]
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Fact-checking Trump’s latest tweet on the economy

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 26, 2017
Key to President Trump’s tax plans announced today is accelerated economic growth. That’s probably one reason the president took to Twitter this morning to complain about modest growth in 2016. He said trade deficits were to blame. “Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly” he wrote. But economists say that’s not really right.  Click the audio […]
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Run government as a business? Americans are split

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 25, 2017
Marketplace polling shows views differ by age, gender and party
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order surrounded by small business leaders in the Oval Office of the White House January 30, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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