Day: September 20, 2024

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Vice President Harris sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a campaign event that was reminiscent of the televison icon’s classic daytime talk show. And Donald Trump’s week included a event with Jewish voters where he repeated criticisms of Jewish voters who vote for Democrats. This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, campaign correspondent Stephen Fowler, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro. The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

This week the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point, the first and biggest cut since the pandemic began to batter the US economy in March of 2020. Fed Chair Powell isn’t saying “mission accomplished” just yet, but he stressed that the progress on inflation has been encouraging. The large rate cut brought a big rally in the stock market on Thursday, yet ongoing discussions of recession possibilities and a slowing job market have many still viewing this economy cautiously. And a supply chain crisis looms in America due to a string of labor disputes when it comes to America’s ports, planes, and automobiles. FOX Business correspondent Gerri Willis breaks all of this down with CEO of Kace Capital Advisors and Senior Market Strategist at Slatestone Wealth, Kenny Polcari. Photo Credit: AP
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