Interest Rates Rise, Curriculum Controversy & Brady's Retirement 2.0- Thursday, February 2, 2023
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The news to know for Thursday, February 2, 2023!
What to know about the Fed's latest move to get inflation under control, another one of President Biden's homes being searched by the FBI, and outrage over a high school AP course being offered around the country.
Plus, we're talking about the latest study about toddlers and screen time, the new tech Samsung unveiled, and the legendary quarterback who decided to retire for the second time in two years.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, February 2, what to know about the Fed's latest move to get inflation |
| 0:04.7 | under control. |
| 0:06.0 | Another one of President Biden's homes being searched by the FBI, an outrage over a high |
| 0:10.4 | school AP course being offered around the country. |
| 0:13.1 | Plus, the latest study about toddlers and screen time, the new tech Samsung unveiled from |
| 0:18.1 | phones to laptops to virtual reality, and the legendary quarterback who decided to retire |
| 0:23.4 | for the second time in two years. |
| 0:25.6 | Those stories and more are coming up. |
| 0:29.6 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.8 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.0 | You ready? |
| 0:40.0 | Let's do this! |
| 0:44.2 | The Federal Reserve is slowing its interest rate hikes, but they are still going up. |
| 0:48.7 | This time around, the Central Bank raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a point. |
| 0:52.7 | That's the smallest increase since March of last year, when the Fed first started its |
| 0:56.6 | aggressive campaign to tame inflation. |
| 0:59.2 | There have now been a total of eight rate hikes, so the range has gone from near zero to |
| 1:03.8 | four and a half to four and three quarters. |
| 1:06.2 | Meaning it costs Americans more to borrow money now than it has at any time since 2007. |
| 1:11.5 | As you know, that makes it more pricey to take out a mortgage, an auto or business loan |
| 1:14.9 | or new credit card debt. |
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