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Explore "stimulus" with insightful episodes like "Money Laundering: A How To Guide For The Modern Global Billionaire", "Did Democrats Make Inflation Worse?", "A First-Timer's Guide To Filing Taxes", "Shutdowns, Stimulus Measures, & Small Businesses" and "A Political Reporter Argues That Wall Street Doesn't Get DC" from podcasts like ""Economics Explained", "The Daily", "Life Kit", "a16z Live" and "Odd Lots"" and more!
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Did Democrats Make Inflation Worse?
Inflation in the United States has been getting worse. In December, prices were up 7 percent from the previous year — the fastest rise in 40 years.
Americans feel terrible about the economy, imperiling the Democratic Party’s chances of holding on to power in Washington in this year’s midterm elections.
While disruption caused by the pandemic is a key cause of higher prices — a situation that predates the Biden administration — a question remains: How much have the Democrats’ own policies contributed to the problem?
Guest: Ben Casselman, an economic and business reporter for The New York Times.
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Background reading:
- Prices in the United States are rising rapidly, wages are growing and consumers are glum as a fraught economic moment poses big challenges for policymakers.
- President Biden is suffering in the polls as high inflation saps confidence in the economy, even as growth comes in strong.
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A First-Timer's Guide To Filing Taxes
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Shutdowns, Stimulus Measures, & Small Businesses
A Political Reporter Argues That Wall Street Doesn't Get DC
Investors have always had to pay attention to what's going on in Washington DC, but this year it's been on a whole new level. Between virus response policy, fiscal stimulus talks, and, of course, the recent election, there's been a huge demand for understanding of politics. On this episode, we speak with Jake Sherman, a reporter from Politico, who argues that investors are badly confused about how the city really works.
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Should British investors worry about the US election?
Will Donald Trump win a second term as US President and have the world dance to his tune for four more years, or will Joe Biden take charge – and what on earth would that mean for people?
There is less than a month to go until the US election and under normal circumstances you would expect all the focus of stock market commentators to be on that.
It’s not normal circumstances though. The second wave of coronavirus and renewed lockdowns have the world’s attention and the election, if not a sideshow, is definitely not as centre stage as we would usually expect.
So, does that mean it doesn’t matter for investors, or should be thinking about it and positioning themselves for the outcome?
Does it even matter if Trump or Biden wins, as long as the Fed keeps printing and stimulus keeps coming, and would any decisive win be better than a disputed result?
On this week’s podcast, Simon Lambert, Georgie Frost and Sarah Davidson, discuss the US election and what it could mean for our money over here in the UK.
And if two septuagenarians arguing about who is going to be the boss of the free world isn’t your thing, what about investing in the future beyond that?
Keeping on the investment tip, the team dive into the world of green money and how to invest to back improving the world, or even get a green mortgage or current account.
A Historic Unemployment Crisis
To contain the pandemic, the U.S. government has brought the economy to a halt. Today, we explore one result of their containment efforts: one of the worst unemployment crises in American history. Guest: Jim Tankersley, a reporter covering economic and tax policy for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
Background reading:
- The national unemployment rate is probably around 13 percent, The Times estimated. “Scary things are going on in our life right now,” one idled Lyft driver said.
- Whole sectors of the U.S. economy have gone dark to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here’s what comes next.
$350 Billion and 10 Million
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Trump suggests re-opening the American economy by Easter, New York approaches crisis point, and new data emerges suggesting some good news on coronavirus.
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How To Stop The Recession From Happening Right Now
The U.S. is on the verge of an economic crisis due to the coronavirus, as people and businesses aggressively pull back on spending. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we speak with Claudia Sahm, the director of Macroeconomic Policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, about what the government can be doing right now to stop a recession. Claudia has done extensive research on exactly this topic, and now is the moment to put her theoretical work into practice.
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