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The Federal Reserve’s fork in the road

2024/7/3
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The Federal Reserve is at a critical juncture, deciding whether to cut interest rates to aid a slowing job market and economy, potentially risking inflation control, or maintain high rates, risking higher unemployment.

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The Federal Reserve has a decision to make: cut interest rates to help the slackening job market and risk the progress it’s made in cooling inflation, or keep rates high — which could push unemployment up. In this episode, we’ll explain the economic inflection point and why interest rates don’t have the relationship to the labor market they once had. Plus, the presidential debate bumped up bond yields, the “beer industry” encompasses all types of drinks and customers nowadays, and one woman recalls her first 9-to-5.