A big day for the Federal Reserve

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🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates today for the first time in three years, and for Whaddya Wanna Know Wednesday, we’re answering your questions about it. Plus, why gas prices are volatile, and how to avoid misinformation and disinformation coming out of Ukraine.

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

The Price of Gas: Why It Goes Up and Down from The Balance
The truth about gas prices and oil production from The Washington Post
Biden demands faster drop in gas prices as oil tumbles from CNN
Here’s what the Fed’s expected rate hike means for your wallet from CNBC
How to spot false posts from Ukraine from BBC News
UkraineFacts.org from the International Fact-Checking Network
Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts from NPR

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0:00.0	There we go. There we go.
0:05.0	Everybody I'm Kyle Rizzo. Welcome back to Make Me Smart.
0:10.0	Making the day make sense.
0:12.0	And I am Kimberly Adams. Thank you.
0:14.0	All days. All days. All days.
0:16.0	Sorry, we do it all days except weekends.
0:18.0	Yeah.
0:20.0	Okay. I'm Kimberly Adams.
0:22.0	Thank you for joining us on this.
0:24.0	What do you want to know Wednesdays?
0:25.0	Since clearly we want to know on what days we make everyone be smart.
0:29.0	And I guess today hopefully that today.
0:33.0	Sorry. It's going to be good.
0:36.0	All right. So what do you want to know Wednesdays?
0:37.0	We answer your questions from the past week.
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