It’s Not Just You. There Are a Lot of Layoffs Happening
The last time the United States saw layoff numbers this high was during the Covid-19 pandemic. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg US Economy reporter Julia Fanzeres and host David Gura tackle the ...
3 Marras 202510min
Trump Got an ‘Amazing’ Meeting. China Got Much-Needed Time
On Thursday, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China announced a one-year truce in their trade war, capping six contentious months of negotiations and retaliatory tariffs between the ...
30 Loka 202514min
Is the Fed Flying Blind?
On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points, following its 25-basis-point cut in September. But amid a government shutdown limiting key data and questions about who will...
29 Loka 202518min
An American Toymaker Struggles to Break Up With China
The US-China tariff war has upended global manufacturing, forcing companies like Chicago-based Learning Resources to fundamentally change how and where its products are made. On today’s Big Take Asia ...
28 Loka 202527min
New York’s MTA Chief on Trump’s Funding Threats
Running North America’s largest transportation network is no easy task. Janno Lieber, the CEO and Chair of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is in charge of everything from upgrading an...
27 Loka 202521min
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Shutdown Day 23
On day 23 of the second-longest government shutdown in American history, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sits down with Big Take Host David Gura to talk about the shutdown, the NYC mayoral race ...
24 Loka 202528min
How Did an Alaska Native Corporation Become an ICE Detention Giant?
Over the last decade, Nana Regional Corp. — an Alaska Native corporation based in a small community roughly 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle — has won contracts worth more than $1 billion to run an...
23 Loka 202517min
