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The economy this week: New jobs are low, tariffs are up and interest rates hold

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about the state of the US economy and the recent trade deals announced by the Trump administration.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the weekend host of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine show, she interviews newsmakers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.

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