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1 month ago |
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Robert Smith
Latest Beige Book reports on impacts of Trump administration cuts Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5398571/nx-s1-5460371-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The Kansas City Fed's has fallout from Trump administration cuts. Sponsor Message
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Robert Smith
Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The latest included fallout from Trump administration cuts.
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Robert Smith |Wailin Wong |Angel Carreras |Kate Concannon
Trump's cuts come for food banks Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249236680/1269250794" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Brandon Bell/Getty Images Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Beigie Awards are back to recognize the regional Federal Reserve Bank with the best Beige Book entry. On today's episode, we shine a spotlight on a Midwest food bank.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
npr.org | Robert Smith |Wailin Wong |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
How many times can you say uncertainty in one economic report? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1238261953/1267804936" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Uncertainty. That's the word-of-the-moment with tariffs, market swings and lots of economic volatility. It's also showing up in the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book, featuring anecdotes across the U.S. economy.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Robert Smith
A Canadian economist has suggestions to repair U.S.-Canada relations Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5319182/nx-s1-5383049-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> It's safe to say the relationship between the U.S. and Canada is at a low point. We look at how the two countries are already linked and what the U.S. could learn from its neighbor to the north. Sponsor Message
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