Is Trump's Economy Taking Shape?

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

He campaigned on lowering the cost of household goods, but inflation remains outside the range the Federal Reserve desires, and the cost of eggs, among other items, remains higher than usual. What does President Trump's economic policy look like?

This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

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1:20.7	Today on the show, we're looking at the economy, what President Trump says he wants to achieve and whether or not that economy is starting to take shape.
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