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Rates and Debt Payments to Rise with Inflation | Steve Rattner on Morning Joe

On MS NOW’s Morning Joe today, Steve Rattner broke down how inflation is pushing the Fed toward rate hikes and driving up the cost of borrowing — for homeowners and the federal government alike.  At 2pm today, the Federal Reserve will announce the results of a particularly closely watched meeting to deliberate a possible […]

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Trump’s Broken Promises on Debt and Manufacturing | Steve Rattner on Morning Joe

On MS NOW’s Morning Joe today, Steve Rattner charts the data showing Trump’s failures to balance the budget and bring jobs back home.  Promises made, promises not kept. President Donald Trump returned to office 18 months ago with a commitment to improve the economy in a variety of ways, from sharply curbing the deficit […]

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Inflation Cools But Oil Prices Back Up | Steve Rattner on Morning Joe

On MS NOW’s Morning Joe today, Steve Rattner shows how June’s good inflation reading may be fleeting as the Iran War keeps pressure on oil prices. Tuesday’s inflation reading came in a bit better than expected, but for individual Americans, the challenge of higher prices remains, in part because the renewed closure of the Strait […]

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Trump’s Monetization of the Presidency | Steve Rattner on Morning Joe

Today on Morning Joe, Steve Rattner charts how the Trump family turned the presidency into the most profitable business of Donald Trump’s life.  Seemingly with each passing day, more revelations emerge of the extraordinary financial “success” of the Trump family. We shouldn’t be surprised. Donald Trump and his sons have been clear that the […]

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Trump’s Iran Deal: Billions for Iran, A Huge Bill for Taxpayers | Steve Rattner on Morning Joe

Today on Morning Joe, Steve Rattner broke down who profits and who pays under Trump’s Iran deal — and how it compares to Obama’s 2015 nuclear agreement. As the United States anvd Iran arm wrestle toward an agreement to end the war, the current state of play suggests an outcome that will deliver more financial […]

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“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine

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