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Trade showdown

Kudlow: “Don’t class warfare me” on trade

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 3, 2018
In a wide-ranging interview, the president’s top economic adviser told Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal that tariffs are not hurting economic growth.
Larry Kudlow, National Economic Council director, holds a news briefing at the White House in June.
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Trade showdown

Americans do want tariff relief

by Phoebe Unterman
Aug 3, 2018
Manufacturers and farmers we talked to are frustrated by the import taxes and the exemption process.
A worker is surrounded by sparks from molten steel flowing into casts at the TAMCO steel mini mill in Rancho Cucamonga, California, in 2002.
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"Skinny" short-term health insurance plans expand under Trump

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 1, 2018
Here are some pros and cons on the policies.
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Postcard from a Japanese steel town

by Adrian Ma
Aug 1, 2018
The city of Kamaishi is the birthplace of the modern Japanese steel industry, but that hasn't shielded it from change.
The Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal plant in Kamaishi, Japan.
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What CEOs are saying on earnings calls this month

by Amy Scott
Jul 30, 2018
The execs are stuck between tariffs and shareholders right now. They’re hoping you will save them.
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange in the financial district of Manhattan in 2012.
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In Erie, social services are a lifeline

by Erika Beras
Jul 26, 2018
New work requirements may change things for those who receive food and housing assistance in the Pennsylvania city.
Roberta Lubman, 66, regularly eats lunch at the Erie City Mission in downtown Erie. The free daily meal supplements what she receives from SNAP.
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Fed Chair Jay Powell: We’re “independent of political considerations”

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 12, 2018
In a 30 minute conversation, Chairman Powell discusses tariffs, political pressure on the Fed and wage stagnation.
Jerome Powell listens as President Trump announces Powell as nominee for Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017.
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Tariffs can push prices in either direction

by Kimberly Adams
Jul 5, 2018
Trade fight. Trade skirmish. Possible trade war. We’ve been hedging our language around what the Trump administration’s multiple rounds of tariffs actually mean. But come midnight tonight, when $34 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods are supposed to kick in, all that talk of trade war starts to look a lot more real and a […]
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The facilities that are housing children separated from their parents

by Andy Uhler and David Brancaccio
Jun 20, 2018
We take a closer look at the firm Southwest Key.
Undocumented migrants wait for asylum hearings outside of the port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico on Monday.
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Retailers worried about cuts to federal food stamp program

by Erika Beras
Apr 9, 2018
The Trump Administration is proposing to cut billions of dollars from the federal assistance program. People who need the food help will get less to spend, and stores will miss the revenue. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
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