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Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.

Today on Squawk Pond.

To cut or not to cut, the U.S. economy is digesting middle-of-the-road inflation data.

The president is taking on the Fed chair,

and we're debating interest rates with the vice chairman of IBM and Trump 1.0 veteran Gary Cohn.

If someone said, what would you personally do, Gary, I'd probably lower interest rates a little bit.

I'd lower them 25 basis points and see what happens.

And the Acquired Podcast, three, four, seven hour conversations on the ins and outs of the world's most influential companies.

Interviews with CEOs like Howard Shultz and Jensen Huang.

Host David Rosenthal on how it all began.

We had a few hundred listeners and we were like, this is fun.

And somehow it became this.

And host Ben Gilbert on how they built a brand with a million listeners in episode

and millions in revenue

without marketing at first. When there's the right piece in the right publication with

massive, massive reach, it's game change. Nothing has ever changed our business the way that a Wall

Street Journal piece had. Plus, New York's Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohan Mammadani is meeting with business leaders,

crypto legislation, hit a snag in Congress, and could your 401k end up with private market holdings?

What concerns me about it is just how educated 401k retail classes, which hopefully are watching our show. No, no. Hopefully you're watching our show no no no you're

watching our show because we think you're dummies no no no no no it's Wednesday

July 16th 2025 squawk pod begins right now stand Becky by in three two one

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