How strong is the economy?
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In the past week, the latest metrics for several key economic indicators have been released amid global uncertainty over the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. In May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s (BLS) inflation report showed prices rising at a lower rate than many economists expected, while the bureau’s jobs report showed hiring slowed slightly from the month prior but also came in higher than projections. Separately, negotiators from the Trump administration and the Chinese government met in London this week to negotiate a trade agreement, and President Trump announced on Wednesday that the sides had reached a deal.
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| 1:31.9 | It is Thursday, June 12th. And today we're going to be covering the latest on the U.S. |
| 1:37.8 | economy. We kind of got a number of sort of a rapid fire succession of updates here. Some new Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| 1:47.8 | inflation reports, jobs report, President Trump announcing a deal with China on trade. |
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