How the bond market could check Trump's power

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, On Point, Daily, Npr

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Bond traders are worried about President Donald Trump’s proposed tax cuts – and the ever-growing national debt. Could the bond market be a check on Trump’s agenda?

*** Thank you for listening. Help power On Point by making a donation here: wbur.org/giveonpoint

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for this podcast comes from All About Change, a podcast with firsthand stories from
0:05.9	activists who are changing the world, like Coda actor Troy Kotzer, V. Aaron Brockovich, and
0:12.0	disability activist Shane Burkaw. Listen to stories that give us all hope on All About Change,
0:18.5	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:23.9	Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken,
0:27.0	a podcast from BU's Mayrotra Institute that explores questions like,
0:29.1	Why are executives paid so much?
0:31.8	Do they deserve it?
0:33.0	Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.1	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:44.8	This is On Point. I'm Magnetachyubardi.
0:47.7	Well, it happened.
0:49.9	President Donald Trump made good on what he said is his, quote, favorite word, the, quote, most beautiful word in the world to him.
0:59.3	Tariffs. Donald Trump's 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada went into effect today.
1:07.2	Tariffs on imports from China are now 20%.
1:10.2	All three countries have struck back with their own tariffs on U.S. goods.
1:16.0	Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik scoffed on CNBC this morning.
1:20.3	You've got China's got huge tariffs on us, huge tariffs on everything with us.
1:26.2	And Canada, you just talked about, why do we produce cars in Canada?
1:30.6	They've had an invitation.
1:32.6	Canada and Mexico had an invitation to trade with the amazing economy of the United States of America,
1:39.2	and they have abused that invitation.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WBUR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WBUR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.