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🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Tariffs, mortgage rates, clashes with the fed – all make for uncertainty in the economy.
On Point’s “Money Ladies” Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar join us to talk about your money, the global economy and America’s future.
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0:00.0 | Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet. |
0:07.0 | She's now a trained technician. |
0:10.0 | And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come. |
0:18.0 | In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills. That's up to |
0:24.8 | £8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply. WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
0:37.4 | This is On Point. I'm Megna Tachr-, and President Donald Trump is winning. He's winning at having the worst approval rating at the almost 100-day mark of any president in 80 years. But perhaps Washington spin doctors would say, |
0:57.4 | even with that dismal stat, he shows he is winning |
1:01.9 | because Trump started off his second term |
1:04.8 | with the second worst approval rating of any president in the modern era. |
1:09.7 | The only person with a worse rating |
1:11.9 | was President Donald Trump himself in his first term. So he is winning by being the most |
1:19.7 | disapproved of president early in his administration twice. Now there isn't a single issue where he |
1:27.3 | has gained approval points from Americans. |
1:30.5 | Trade, foreign policy, taxes, health, even immigration, all in negative territory now. |
1:36.9 | And then there's the one where Trump was once considered the strongest, his handling of the economy. |
1:46.5 | President Trump's approval rating on the economy has plummeted by 24 points, a massive shift, according to the economist. And last |
1:52.8 | week, Gallup found that a record high, 53 percent of Americans believe their economic situation |
1:59.9 | is getting worse. That's the first time a majority of Americans believe their economic situation is getting worse. |
2:01.7 | That's the first time a majority of Americans have felt that way since Gallup first started asking that question back in 2001. |
2:12.9 | Just listen to Brittany in Portland, Oregon. |
2:14.9 | She works as an assistant professor and is worried about her job. |
2:19.6 | There have been cuts to federal grants, also stop work orders on certain federal grants, |
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