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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Dan Nathan & Jeet Heer

Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

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The Stock Market Is Not Bothered by the Debt Ceiling Debate

I look at it through the lens of the stock market. I'm not an economist, right? And so think about what's happened over the last year. We had these kind of push and pull of this rising inflation that we had,. you know, during the pandemic to keep our economy afloat. The Federal Reserve started raising interest rates very aggressively in March of 2022. But here we are right now. You know, we're on the precipice of this debt ceiling debate. This has tremendous economic implications, right? So through the lens  of the stock market, it's not bothered at all.

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