The Federal Reserve has begun cutting interest rates after two years of rate hikes to the highest levels in decades.It meets again this week to decide whether to cut them again, or keep them as is.High interest rates made the cost of borrowing high, meaning that car loans, credit card debt, and mortgages cost exponentially more than before the pandemic.We discuss how the Fed's decision to lower rates affects the economy. Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 17.12.2024What Lower Interest Rates Mean For The Economy
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Folge vom 16.12.2024'If You Can Keep It': The Future Of The Federal JudiciaryLast week, the House passed a bill to create 63 new permanent judgeships. Case backlogs and delays have had many lawmakers saying we need more federal judges. If the bill did become law, President-elect Donald Trump would have 22 new seats to fill. The legislation originally had bipartisan support, but President Joe Biden vowed to veto it, with the support of many Democrats. In his first term, Trump put more judges in place than almost any president in history. Biden has made his mark too, surpassing that number. As of last week, he had also put more judges of color on the bench than any of his predecessors.Federal judges almost always serve life terms, meaning each of these picks can have lasting consequences for Americans.We look back and look ahead at our federal judiciary.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 15.12.2024Bill Browder On Saving Ukraine, NATO, And The Threat Of Vladimir PutinBill Browder is a financier turned anti-corruption campaigner. He made his fortune in post-Soviet Russia before falling afoul of Putin. We last spoke to him back in 2018. Back then, few imagined Russia would dare carry out a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Browder wasn't one of them.Now, with Donald Trump's return to the White House just weeks away, the newly knighted Browder tell us world leaders must act. He joins us to explain why Putin remains such a huge threat to Ukraine and the world. Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 13.12.2024The News Roundup For December 13, 2024The alleged shooter of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Luigi Mangione, was apprehended this week in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee at a local McDonald's phoned authorities claiming to have recognized him from photographs provided by New York police.President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 Americans this week. According to his administration, it's a single-day record.After rebels took control of the Syrian capital of Aleppo, President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and has been granted asylum in Russia. Now, the world is asking what's next for the country and for the region.The rebels have also dealt a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions in Europe and the Mediterranean. His forces' main point of entry to the sea was tied to the Assad dynasty. Russia's military presence on the Syrian coast is now in jeopardy.We cover all these stories and more during the News Roundup. Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy