Green bank, go!
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Coalition for Green Capital, funded by private investors and President Joe Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, began doling out cash this fall. It’s an experiment in using federal dollars to spur investment in mitigating climate change. Will it survive under the incoming Trump administration? Also in this episode: How high can bond yields climb? Will 2025 be a big year for mergers and acquisitions? And, are tuition-free medical schools curing the industry’s ills?
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| 1:47.7 | We started our coverage of this economy this week, yesterday that is, talking about bonds, specifically how rising yields on government and corporate debt is a sign of economic optimism. |
| 1:52.0 | And it is, but there is rarely only one way to look at something as complicated as the bond |
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| 1:58.8 | And there is a case to be made that at some point, those higher |
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