Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Are we heading toward a recession or not?
Wall Street has had a bumpy ride for the last few weeks. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reassured markets that the Fed is independent of the White House. The Dow’s back up. The president says the economy is the best ever.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readWall Street has had a bumpy ride for the last few weeks. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reassured markets that the Fed is independent of the White House. The Dow’s back up. The president says the economy is the best ever. It just added another 312,000 jobs last month. But California Governor Jerry Brown and others say we’re heading for a recession. So which is it?
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The full episode
1 of 4Is the economy healthy or recession-bound?- 0:00Are we heading toward a recession or not?You’re reading this
- 10:11How freshmen House Democrats are handling the government shutdown
- 17:59What Paradise learned from the Camp Fire
- 33:07In ‘Vice,’ is Dick Cheney the real man in power during the Bush presidency?