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I Should Help Set Interest Rates, If President: Trump; 2,500 Detroit Autoworkers Laid Off | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 9)

Former President Donald Trump says that, if he becomes President, he should have a say in the fed's interest rate decisions - a policy that impacts the world economy. S

JP Morgan: Recession Now More Likely; Average American Now Carrying Over $6300 in Credit Card Debt | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 8)

JP Morgan now raising the odds of a recession by the end of this year to 35-percent. That’s up from 25-percent. The news comes after a weaker than expected July jobs repo

$17.8 Trillion - Highest US Household Debt Ever; Japan Backs Off Interest Rate Hikes Fearing Market Volatility | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 7)

$17-point-eight trillion dollars. That's the latest number for U-S household debt on, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And the largest on record. Auto l

JP Morgan: Yen Carry Trade Unwind Only Half Done; Apple Could Be Hurt by Google Antitrust Case | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 6)

We've been covering how the unwinding of a popular trade has rippled through global markets. JP Morgan and UBS saying today that the unwind is only 50% done. For years,

Japanese Yen Carry Trade Shakes Markets | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 5)

All three major US indexes in the deep red today. And it wasn't just the United States. Japan's Nikkei closing over 12% lower today. It's worst day since 1987. That's whe

Unemployment Rate Hits 32 Month High; Intel Shares Fall 26% in One Day | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 2)

The US economy added just 114,000 jobs compared to 175,000 expected. The unemployment rate rising to its highest level since October 2021. This is all according to new go

Jobless Claims at 11 Month High; Manufacturing Activity at 8 Month Low | Business Matters Full Broadcast (August 1)

The stock market flashing red today as warning signs flash in other areas of the economy too. Weekly jobless claims now at an 11-month high. Today's labor market report a

Fed Signals Rate Cut Coming Soon; Delta Reveals Cost of CrowdStrike Outage | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 31)

Chairman Jerome Powell today acknowledging weakness in the jobs market and the economy. He says the broad sense among the Fed committee is that things may be deterioratin

Investors Dump Microsoft Shares After Earnings Report; Meta Pays Texas $1.4 Billion | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 30)

Microsoft Shares down over 6% in after-hours trading. Revenue from Microsoft's flagship cloud product Azure disappointing. We talk to RP Capital Solutions CIO, Vijay Maro

Worst Losses for Home Insurers in 100 Years: Report; DOJ Asks Court To Uphold TikTok Sale Or Banned Law | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 29)

2023 saw the worst underwriting loss in a century for home insurers. That’s according to rating agency A-M Best. It found insurance providers were hit with a 15-billion d

Google’s Biggest Money Maker Facing New Threat; Stock Market Rallies Despite Mixed Economic Data | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 26)

The maker of Artificial Intelligence Chat-Bot ChatGPT announcing its most direct challenge yet to google's search engine. OpenAI is testing SearchGPT. it will combine its

Interest Payments Now 76% of Total Personal Taxes; Southwest Dropping Open Seating Policy | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 25)

Interest Payments Now 76% of Total Personal Taxes; Southwest Dropping Open Seating Policy The US National debt is about to hit 35 trillion dollars. US national debt is a

Tesla Stock Plummets After Net Income Falls 45%; Tech Outage Caused by “Bug”: Crowdstrike | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 24)

Tesla stock plummeting a day after posting 2nd quarter earnings. Car sales, its main business, down 9 percent year-over-year, at 18.5 billion dollars. Higher costs did no

39% of Americans Worry They Can't Pay Bills: Poll; Federal Govt. Investigating Delta | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 23)

With wage gains failing to keep up with inflation Americans are struggling. A new poll finding 39% of Americans can’t pay bills. The FTA will investigate Detla over fli

Pelosi Endorses Harris; NYC Delivery Drivers Band Together to Fight Crime | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 22)

Vice President Kamala Harris emerges as the favorite to win the democratic nomination for President. Nancy Pelosi and other top democrats are endorsing her. What would he

A Billion Computers Affected by Tech Outage: Expert; Florida Home Prices Falling; Regional Banks Riled by Commercial Real Estate | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 19)

A worldwide tech outage ripples through critical infrastructure. One cybersecurity expert tells us over a billion computers have been hit. Price cuts are becoming much

Analyzing JD Vance’s Plan for Protecting American Manufacturing; Gold Hovers Near Record High | Business Matters Full Broadcast (July 18)

We unpacking the economic policies of former president Trump's running mate: Ohio Senator J-D Vance. Vance is a successful businessman and venture capitalist. But he's al

Musk to Move SpaceX, X Headquarters to Texas; Amazon Prime Day 1 Pulls in $7.2B | Business Matters (July 17)

SpaceX will be taking off from California and not returning. Founder Elon Musk will be moving his headquarters for the aerospace company and his social media company X to

Teamster Says It's Not Beholden to Any Party; Biden to Unveil Plan to Cap Rent Increases | Business Matters (July 16)

One of the largest trade unions in America says it’s not beholden to any political party. The teamsters have supported democrats for decades. But, its president gave a s

AT&T Data Breach Exposes Almost Every Customer’s Call Records; Musk Rejects New EU Charges | Business Matters (July 12)

Almost all of AT&T's customers, have had their text and call records stolen! Although, the content of the texts and calls have not been. European regulators have charged