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Is globalism a failed policy?

by David Brancaccio
Apr 24, 2018
The economy is doing well, but the average person is angry. "The alternative is that you change the social contract," one expert says.
“You can get rid of Trump, but, I mean, all of the Trumpism in the United States is real and is coming for us,” says Ian Bremmer, president of the political risk consultancy Eurasia Group.
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Here’s what bank earnings tell us about the economy

by Ryan Kailath
Apr 12, 2018
The fundamentals of this economy are strong right now but you wouldn’t always know it from the stock markets lately. Volatility has been the word of recent weeks. But on Friday big banks including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are expected to show strong profits. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Facebook and other tech stocks plunge as U.S. indexes skid

by Associated Press
Mar 19, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) – A sharp loss for Facebook is dragging technology companies lower Monday as U.S. stock indexes skid. The social media company is facing new criticism related to privacy issues following reports that a data mining firm working for the Trump campaign improperly obtained and then kept data on tens of millions of […]
A employee eats lunch in the canteen at Facebook's new headquarters, designed by Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry, at Rathbone Place in central London on Dec. 4, 2017. 
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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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Waiting out a down market may be tough for workers headed toward retirement

by Erika Beras
Feb 9, 2018
All that advice about taking a deep breath, focusing on the long term and not obsessing about the balance in your retirement accounts as the markets take a wild ride sounds a lot better when you’re not headed toward retirement soon. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Should you be worried about big dips in the stock market?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 9, 2018
We gathered experts to answer this and more of your questions about the week's roller-coaster ride.
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Today’s trading was the very definition of volatility

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 6, 2018
But the bigger context is volatility in the markets has actually been falling over the last 30 years.
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Here’s why bond yields are rising

by Tracey Samuelson
Feb 6, 2018
When investors pull their money out of stocks and need some place to put it, they often turn to the bond market. U.S. Treasuries are considered essentially risk-free. So investors can park their cash, earn some interest and know their money will be kept safe and sound. As investors moved money from stocks to bonds […]
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Behind all this market volatility, there’s another storm brewing

by Kimberly Adams and Kai Ryssdal
Feb 6, 2018
How does fiscal policy play into what's happening in the markets?
“I'm not concerned about market volatility. The fundamentals are quite strong,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said today during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee after two days of historic losses in the stock markets.
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Why some people are relieved the markets are dipping

by David Brancaccio
Feb 6, 2018
The markets had been hitting record highs, but this reversal might be a good thing.
Traders and financial professionals working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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