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The Federal Reserve board meets Tuesday amid political pressure to cut interest rates

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to economist Claudia Sahm about the upcoming Federal Reserve board meeting and what it can tell us about the current state of the U.S. economy.

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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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