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3 PM ET: Fed holds interest rates, fallout continues after Hamas leader’s assassination, a fan favorite returns to SNL & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady as hiring slows to a trickle. Oil prices are on the rise as fear spreads of war in the Middle East. Ukraine says there are no casualties after a major Russian drone strike. A South Florida school has suspended an employee accused of letting her transgender daughter play on the girls’ volleyball team. Plus, Maya Rudolph is returning to SNL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, Deadpool here. We're very excited to be joining you, but we should set the table correctly.

0:05.4

We're mostly going to make enemies with Disney and make a lot of jokes at Hughes' expense.

0:09.4

Come again.

0:10.4

I'm don't know. So sit back, relax, while we travel to a place where grown men and women walk around in tights and act like it's not a giant cultural cry for help.

0:19.0

Because this is cinema. Shut-gots. Oh my God! This is Madeline Thompson.

0:23.2

Shuck.

0:24.2

Oh my God.

0:25.2

Marvel Studios Deadpool in Wolverine in Cinemas Thursday, July 25th.

0:30.2

Hi, from CNN, this is Madelineeline Thompson with the five things you need to know for

0:35.8

Wednesday July 31st. As expected the Federal Reserve has announced it will

0:41.3

hold interest rates steady. It's now been a full

0:44.3

year since the cost of borrowing first reached a 23-year high. We'll have more from

0:49.4

the agency's monthly policy meeting in our 6 PM episode. Meanwhile job opportunities are

0:54.7

trickling away in the US and hiring is at its slowest pace in a decade other than

1:00.0

the pandemic that is. That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

1:03.6

latest job openings and labor turnover survey. Payroll processor ADP

1:08.2

reported today private sector hiring and wage growth are also sluggish.

1:12.9

The Federal Reserve is keeping a close eye on all this for any signs that the ongoing

1:17.2

cool down could slip into an outright weakening.

1:21.2

U.S. oil prices climbed as much as 4% to more than $77 a barrel following the assassination of Ismail

1:27.8

Hania in Iran, which Iran blamed on Israel. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied being behind the death.

1:34.9

It was the second killing of a top figure in an Iran-backed group in 24 hours, and is generating

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