Episodios

  • Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on Tariffs, Inflation and AI

    Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on Tariffs, Inflation and AI
    Jul 20 2025
    This week we’re bringing you an episode of our podcast WSJ’s Take On the Week, where co-hosts Gunjan Banerji, lead writer for Live Markets, and Telis Demos, Heard on the Street’s banking and money columnist, cut through the noise and dive into markets, the economy and finance. Last Tuesday, and before the Fed entered its dark period when they don’t speak to media they spoke with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and voting member of the 2025 FOMC Committee, to discuss the economy, inflation, tariffs, escalating trade wars and the Federal Reserve's approach to monetary policy. Goolsbee explains how the economic conditions and the Fed’s dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment plays into his decision making on cutting interest rates. Plus, he discusses the potential for AI to drive long-term productivity gains but cautions against the risk of an "exuberance bubble" similar to the dot-com era.Further Reading: Latest Tariff Threats Could Delay Rate Cuts, Chicago Fed’s Goolsbee Says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 m
  • What’s News in Markets: Bank Earnings, Nvidia Gains, MP Materials Deal

    What’s News in Markets: Bank Earnings, Nvidia Gains, MP Materials Deal
    Jul 19 2025
    Why were bank stocks down if bank earnings were strong? And how is Nvidia back in business in China? Plus, which company did MP Materials strike a deal with this week? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 m
  • Trump Calls for Release of ‘Pertinent’ Material From Epstein Grand Jury

    Trump Calls for Release of ‘Pertinent’ Material From Epstein Grand Jury
    Jul 18 2025
    P.M. Edition for July 18. President Trump has called for the release of grand jury material related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move follows the publication of an article in The Wall Street Journal about a letter bearing Trump’s name that was included in a 2003 birthday album for the disgraced financier. WSJ reporter Khadeeja Safdar, who co-authored that story, talks about the reporting that went into it. Plus, President Trump has signed into law the Genius Act, which creates ground rules for stablecoins. WSJ reporter Dylan Tokar discusses why banks are worried about the cryptocurrency. And the U.S. is set to end a decades-long practice of commenting on the fairness of foreign elections. We hear from Journal reporter Robbie Gramer about why. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. The Journal: Trump’s Letter to Jeffrey Epstein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 m
  • Congress Cancels $9 Billion in Foreign Aid and Public Broadcasting Funding

    Congress Cancels $9 Billion in Foreign Aid and Public Broadcasting Funding
    Jul 18 2025
    A.M. Edition for July 18. The House follows the Senate in overcoming Republican opposition to pass measures rescinding public media and foreign aid funding, marking the first time a White House has accomplished clawbacks in more than a quarter-century. Plus, reporter Jenny Strasburg details how De Beers aims to revive its brand as it competes with lab-grown diamonds and a world skeptical that purity is worth the price. And reporter Austin Ramzy unpacks what the U.S. is doing to respond to China's moves to flex its military muscle far beyond its usual patch in the Pacific. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 m
  • The Office Renovation at the Heart of Trump’s Campaign Against Powell

    The Office Renovation at the Heart of Trump’s Campaign Against Powell
    Jul 17 2025
    P.M. Edition for July 17. Legal experts are dubious that President Trump could remove Fed Chair Jerome Powell—though the president has said he isn’t planning to. But as WSJ chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos points out, Trump’s advisers are seizing on a renovation of the Federal Reserve’s Washington, D.C. headquarters to undermine public trust in Powell. Plus, China has threatened to block the sale of two Panama Canal ports unless its state-owned shipping company can be a part of it. WSJ reporter Jack Pitcher discusses China’s leverage, and what the U.S. makes of it. And Republican lawmakers are making a surprising push to protect unauthorized immigrants. WSJ congressional reporter Olivia Beavers explains why. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 m
  • Trump Floats Blanket Tariff Rate of 10% or 15% for 150 Countries

    Trump Floats Blanket Tariff Rate of 10% or 15% for 150 Countries
    Jul 17 2025
    A.M. Edition for July 17. The dollar rises on President Trump’s latest tariff threat to notify as many as 150 nations about unilateral levies. Plus, Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard abandons a $47 billion bid to buy Japanese 7-Eleven operator Seven & i. And WSJ’s Eliot Brown says some Trump administration officials are holding up a landmark deal that would allow the United Arab Emirates to buy billions of dollars in Nvidia’s cutting-edge artificial-intelligence chips over national-security concerns. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 m
  • Trump Denies He’s Planning to Fire Powell

    Trump Denies He’s Planning to Fire Powell
    Jul 16 2025
    P.M. Edition for July 16. In comments from the White House today, President Trump denied that he was trying to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, though he raised the prospect that Powell could be removed for cause. Plus, big banks like Goldman Sachs have reported bumper earnings for the second quarter. But as Journal reporter AnnaMaria Andriotis tells us, the factors that made the quarter so strong may not continue into the next few months. And Oracle, the software company founded nearly 50 years ago, is striking big deals for artificial intelligence that’s boosting its stock price. WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher joins to discuss what it would take for Oracle to become one of the biggest names in AI. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 m
  • Trump Effect Starting to Show Up in Economic Data

    Trump Effect Starting to Show Up in Economic Data
    Jul 16 2025
    A.M. Edition for July 16. New economic data is starting to reflect the president's tariff and immigration policies, which are filtering through to price tags and weighing on the job market. Plus, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to help make private-market investments more available to 401(k) plans. And from golf to flattering text messages, WSJ’s chief European political correspondent Bojan Pancevski explains how a charm offensive by EU leaders has helped turn President Trump against Vladimir Putin. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 m