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CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:31.8 | Hi there, from CNN. I'm Charlie Dribal with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, |
| 0:37.4 | September 17th. |
| 0:39.4 | We start this episode with interest rates, with the Federal Reserve expected to announce its first |
| 0:44.4 | cut since December. |
| 0:46.6 | Mounting signs of a weak labor market are a key reason why the Fed is likely to lower interest |
| 0:51.2 | rates to trigger a cut in borrowing costs when they meet this afternoon. |
| 0:55.7 | But there's an elephant in the room. President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to reshape the |
| 1:00.7 | Fed's top ranks and piled pressure on the politically independent central bank. |
| 1:05.6 | With what to expect from today's pivotal meeting, here's CNN's Matt Egan. |
| 1:10.2 | This is shaping up to be one of the strangest Fed meetings in recent memory, both because |
| 1:15.5 | of the confusing economic situation and because of the chaotic political backdrop. |
| 1:20.7 | And yet investors think a rate cut is a slam dunk. |
| 1:24.1 | They're pricing an 896% chance of a quarter point cut today and a 4% chance of a jumbo-sized |
| 1:31.9 | interest rate cut of half a percentage point. |
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