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U.S. economic growth searched this summer, but will it last?

We'll talk about it with Jared Bernstein, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors.

We have a strong labor market, continuously generating wage gains.

We have inflation easing so that the buying power of those consumers is going up.

You know, that kind of a pillar of bi-dynamics at work.

And Sam Bankman-Fried takes the witness stand in his fraud trial.

Plus, the top priorities for new house speaker, Mike Johnson.

It's Thursday, October 26th.

I'm Amary for Tolley for the Wall Street Journal.

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.

It was a big day in Manhattan federal court as Sam Bankman-Fried,

the founder of Collapsed Crypto Exchange FTX, took the witness stand in his own defense today.

He's facing several fraud charges for his role in FTX's collapse to which he has pleaded not guilty.

Bankman-Fried is testifying without a jury present so the judge can determine whether that

testimony is admissible in court. Our team has been following the trial and joining me now from

just outside the courthouse with the latest is Wall Street Journal Markets reporter Vicki Huang.

Vicki, tell us about some highlights of his testimony he had been on the stand for a couple of hours today.

Yeah, hi, Amary. It's been a really interesting day in court just because we actually had a

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