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There's a push to lower interest rates, which every president wants, by the way,

and there's a reality that says maybe it's not time for that.

Economic wish casting and economic realities.

It's Friday, April 18th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.

I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, three stories about economic uncertainty and how it affects your wallet, as well as your game night.

We'll hear how new tariffs threaten to strangle the board game industry.

People are losing their jobs. Publishers are already closing. There's also

containers full of games that were bound for the U.S. market that are now sitting in warehouses in

China. And we get some ideas from managing rising grocery prices. Look at their bank statements or

their credit card statements. However, it is that they pay for groceries and actually add it up.

Because a lot of times our perception of what we're spending is really different from the reality.

I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?

But first, what's going on at the Fed?

Monetary policy might feel far away from your day-to-day personal finances,

but we know it has a big impact on how things play out over the longer term.

So it's significant that President Trump is again pushing for the Federal Reserve to help him juice the economy.

He complained this week that Fed Chair Jerome

Powell's, quote, termination cannot come fast enough. And quote, Powell had said Trump's tariffs are

highly likely to increase inflation and then stock markets fell. Well, we often ask Ali Velshi to help us

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