123 - How New Tariffs, Job Cuts, and AI Innovation Are Reshaping the Economy

Mar 8, 2025

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Vic & Marcus dive into the latest economic and business news, starting with the ADP jobs report showing the smallest job gains since July. They analyze the impact of tariffs on U.S. markets, discuss the drop in credit scores among student loan borrowers, and examine a $100 billion investment in U.S. chip manufacturing. The conversation shifts to healthcare with funding updates in pediatric care, ophthalmology, and chronic pain treatment, followed by insights on the growing AI cloud market. They also discuss RFK Jr.'s policy changes on vaccine committees, Blue Cross Blue Shield’s antitrust lawsuit, and opioid settlements for hospitals. The episode rounds out with a deep dive into AI’s rapid expansion in healthcare, humanoid robots performing household tasks, AI-generated human-like voices, and major policy changes impacting SNAP benefits.

1:18 - US Firms Add 77,000 Jobs, Smallest Gain Since July

2:01 - Stocks Sink, Trump Says Tariffs on Some Mexican

5:23 - Steep Drop in Credit Scores Hits Student-Loan Borrowers

6:50 - Trump, Chip Maker TSMC Announce $100 Billion

9:07 - Banks Loan $2 Billion to Build a 100-Acre AI Data

9:48 - Value-based pediatrics practice Bluebird Kids Health clinches $31.5M

11:36 - Lumata Health raises $23M Series B

12:24 - Nervonik Raises $13 Million in Series A Financing to Advance...

12:57 - GEM HEALTH Raises $7M in Series A Funding FinSMES

13:23 - AI cloud provider CoreWeave files for IPO

14:17 - General Catalyst is considering an IPO

15:20 - RFK Jr.’s Health Department Heightens